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Solar Energy

Sun releases largest solar radiation storm 'in over 20 years'

  • Jan 20

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  • Apr 22, 2025

Solar panel retrofit fails for years until Troubleshooter steps in

  • Jul 23, 2024

Solar energy is main source of power at Fort Liberty

  • Jun 19, 2024

Quest to go solar leaves couple with year of headaches

  • Mar 4, 2024

Could a solar storm this week cause tech disruptions?

  • Jan 22, 2024

NC's first net-zero neighborhood being built in Orange County

  • Jul 31, 2023

Woman's solar-powered lanterns brighten spirits of Ukrainian kids

  • Jan 6, 2023

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Solar energy is main source of power at Fort Liberty

  • Jun 19, 2024
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'Make it better': Solar energy could be solution to keeping your power on during future storms

  • Jan 6, 2023
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Spray-on Solar Cells Being Developed by College Students

  • Nov 15, 2019
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What's the future for solar energy in NC?

  • Jan 30, 2018
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Restaurants gearing up for eclipse

  • Aug 19, 2017
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Time-lapse shows months of solar-powered plane flight around the world

  • Jul 29, 2016
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NASA's Juno spacecraft is finally arriving at Jupiter

  • Jul 4, 2016
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Duke Energy gets approval for solar farm

  • Apr 16, 2015

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'Make it better': Solar energy could be solution to keeping your power on during future storms

'Make it better'

  • Jan 6, 2023

NC Attorney General Josh Stein calls on lenders to suspend payments of Pink Energy customers

New details into a Troubleshooter investigation into the North Carolina solar panel company, Pink Energy that shut down leaving customers here in the Triangle out thousands of dollars and with non-working systems.

  • Nov 22, 2022

Chance customers with solar panel problems get money back, company reveals in bankruptcy court

A North Carolina solar power company now bankrupt following several complaints to the ABC11 Troubleshooter had a Chapter 7 hearing Wednesday.

  • Nov 16, 2022

State AG investigating North Carolina solar panel company Pink Energy after 270 complaints filed

North Carolina solar panel company Pink Energy is now under investigation from the state Attorney General, after an ABC11 Troubleshooter report.

  • Oct 4, 2022

Going green with solar panels costing some NC residents more money, due to multitude of problems

"Instead of saving money, I'm paying extra money...They say it works but I have not seen anything."

  • Sep 23, 2022