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Ask 13: What's the deal with Duke Energy's new Renewable Advantage Program? - WLOS

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Ask 13: What's the deal with Duke Energy's new Renewable Advantage Program? | WLOS

Ask 13: What's the deal with Duke Energy's new Renewable Advantage Program?

by Madison Smith

Duke Energy sign - The Renewable Advantage Program through Duke Energy is described as "an easy way to support renewable energy and help reduce your environmental impact." (File photo: WLOS staff)

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Related Knowledge Center: ENERGY BASICS: renewables

State of Play

Renewable energy sources — once the fuel of the future, then practical in specific, narrow applications — are increasingly economic mainstream sources of power generation. Hydropower was long the mainstay of U.S. renewable electricity generation, although wind power surpassed hydro for the first time in 2019, and solar continues its rapid growth. The continued growth of wind and solar, with their fluctuations, is tied in part to improvements in storage technology: batteries.

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