Research and Data

Are you an industry professional or interested in learning more about a clean energy topic? Find the latest reports, maps, data and analysis tools by searching the table below, or view our list of North Carolina resources.

Research & Data Resource Database

Resource Source and Description Audience Topic Type Additional Tags File
Consumer Guides to Wind

Guides for utility-scale, community, and residential wind energy project development

Department of Energy: WINDExchange
Report
Guide or Toolkit
Co-Digestion Economic Analysis Tool

The Co-EAT tool is intended to provide an initial economic feasibility assessment for co-diegestion of organic wastes, to compare the relative merits of three uses of biogas and provide a clear cost comparison of the economic implications of co-digestion.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Tool or Calculator
Climate Impacts on Energy

Review the EPA's 2017 snapshots to discover some of the impacts climate change is set to have on energy production, delivery and consumption in the United States.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
General
Centralized Anaerobic Digestion

Find a description of centralized anaerobic digestion technology, as well as an overview of sites and economic impact in the U.S.

ReFED
General
Blue Ridge Energy — Consumer Rate Schedules

List of rates and fees for residential service, net-metering, net-billing and other consumer classifications

Blue Ridge Energy
Policy or Regulation
Blue Ridge Energy Service Area

Service territory map for Blue Ridge Energy electric cooperative in the High Country of North Carolina

Blue Ridge Energy
Map
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Biogas Opportunities Roadmap Progress Report

A progress report of the Biogass Opportunities Roadmap, originally published in August 2014 as a response to the White House Climate Action Plan's directive to develop an interagency strategy to reduce methane emissions

U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy
Report
Ashe County Wind Energy System Ordinance

An overview of Ashe County, N.C.'s 2007 ordinance regulating wind energy systems in unincorporated areas of the county

DSIRE
Policy or Regulation
ACEEE's Fourth National Review of Exemplary Energy Efficiency Programs

ACEEE's review of 53 selected energy efficiency models worthy of emulation in 14 categories includes a two-page profile of each program.

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
Report
ACEEE State Energy Efficiency Scorecard

Explore ACEEE's map of state energy efficiency rankings or find state-by-state scorecards detailing the programs, incentives, and standards that are promoting increased efficiency.

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
Report
Factsheet
Map