After spending more than $1.5 billion for construction and operating licenses for four new AP1000 nuclear plants in Florida and North Carolina, Duke Energy announced it will end activity on those plants and, at least in Florida, will pursue more solar power.
Duke said it was canceling the Lee Nuclear project in North Carolina because of Westinghouse Electric’s bankruptcy. “Most notably, risks and uncertainties to initiating construction on the Lee Nuclear project have become too great,” Duke said in an Aug. 25 news release.