Solar

Resource Source and Description Audience Topic Type Additional Tags File
N.C. Clean Energy by the Numbers

Snapshot of renewable energy jobs, installations and revenue throughout North Carolina

N.C. Sustainable Energy Association
Factsheet
N.C. Installed Renewable Energy Systems

A map of installed renewable energy systems across North Carolina

N.C. Sustainable Energy Association
Map
N.C. Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS)

Summary of NC REPS and links to further information and legislation

DSIRE
Policy or Regulation
N.C. Utilities Commission — Net Metering Policy

Summary of NCUC orders on net metering policies for investor-owned utilities in North Carolina, as well as related provisions included in H.B. 589

DSIRE
Policy or Regulation
NABCEP — Associate Directory

Directory of NABCEP-certified solar PV, solar thermal and small wind energy professionals

North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners
Guide or Toolkit
National Agricultural Library — Energy Resources

List of resources exploring types of renewable energy, energy policy, energy funding and energy efficiency for sustainable agriculture practices

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Report
Factsheet
Policy or Regulation
Guide or Toolkit
National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) — Educator Curriculum Resources

Explore energy related curricula by topic and grade level, plus assessment rubrics correlated to Common Core State Standards. Includes interactive maps, presentations, coloring pages and more

National Energy Education Development Project
Guide or Toolkit
NC Project Green

NC Project Green serves as a tool to share resources for NC agencies and local governments including case studies, Cool Cities resolutions and toolkits, U.S. Mayor's Climate Action Handbook, webinars, meetings, legislation and more.

NC Department of Environmental Quality
Report
Policy or Regulation
Guide or Toolkit
Service
NCSEA — "North Carolina Solar and Agriculture"

This 2017 report describes the relationship between solar and agriculture in North Carolina, including up-to-date information on the total amount of land used, economic and environmental impacts, and projections for solar land use through 2030.

Aldina, R., Parker, D., Seo, B., Masatsugu, L., Childress, S., & Odera, M. (2017). North Carolina Solar and Agriculture.
Report
New River Light & Power — Interconnection Request Form

Interconnection form for inverter-based generating facilities no larger than 10 kW

New River Light & Power
Policy or Regulation

Solar News

Energy Tech University Prize 2022 Competition

An Appalachian State University student team earned a Technology Bonus Prize in the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Tech University Prize 2022 Comp...

Betty's Biscuits Goes Solar

Boone, NC - Local restauranteur, Tina Houston, operates a successful food truck, Betty's Biscuits. Until this past sunny, late fall Sunday, she powere...

Mobile PV System Enables Flexible Use

In the summer of 2018, Cameron Van Dyke, Assistant Professor in the Applied Design Department, reached out to Brent Summerville, Practitioner-in-Resid...

Off-Grid Electric System - Kellogg Residence

The Sustainable Technology program has a new relatively new Photovoltaics II class.  The focus is on battery-based, off-grid solar electric syste...

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