Wind Turbine Project Cancelled in Pamlico Sound
Thursday, August 19 2010
by Jessica Jones
Duke Energy will no longer help finance a plan to put three wind turbines in Pamlico Sound. The proposed project was a joint venture between Duke Energy and UNC-Chapel Hill. It was widely seen as the first step toward establishing off-shore wind farms in North Carolina. But the company decided to halt the project after researchers realized putting up just one turbine would cost 88 million dollars. Jason Walls is a spokesman for Duke Energy.
The company has promised to fund a UNC study that will look at wind energy in the Atlantic. Senate President Marc Basnight was a supporter of the Pamlico Sound project, but he approves the decision not to go forward. He says Duke Energy and UNC should pursue projects that are economically feasible.
