Innovation at Duke Energy: from robots to solar

Jan 18, 2025

Insights

Duke Energy uses giant, floating vehicles to upgrade power poles in swamps

Duke Energy maintains more than 150,000 miles of overhead power lines, and some of them are not easy to get to. In eastern North and South Carolina, one Duke Energy crew uses custom vehicles that can float across rivers, swamps, and flooded areas to...

Innovation

Spot the robot dog helps humans inspect nuclear power plant

Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station has a new dog. “Spot” can sit, lie down and roll over. Unlike your average Rover, Spot is also trained to perform inspections of hard-to-access areas at the plant on Lake Keowee near Seneca, S.C. Spot, purchased in...

Remarkable People

Ben Zhang and team use data science for a cleaner, resilient electric grid

Ben Zhang’s teammates are using data science to help Duke Energy plan for the future. Some are helping customers be more energy efficient as electric vehicles and solar installations increase, and others are helping how to add new technologies and...

Insights

All about battery storage

The United States has roughly 1.7 gigawatts of battery storage – that’s enough to store the electricity generated from more than 5.4 million solar panels. By 2050, experts predict the country to have 10 times as much. Duke Energy has been using...