CleanTechnica » north carolina http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 City Of Raleigh Made $27,000 Last Year Via Tickets For Cars Parked In A Single EV Charging Spot http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/30/city-raleigh-made-27000-last-year-via-tickets-cars-parked-one-ev-charging-spot/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/30/city-raleigh-made-27000-last-year-via-tickets-cars-parked-one-ev-charging-spot/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76969 The city of Raleigh in North Carolina made over $27,000 last year (the administrative year ending on November 30) via tickets for non-EV vehicles parked in a single EV charging spot located in the city, according to recent reports. Impressive. (Is that the right word?) Still, you feel a bit bad for those that got

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/30/city-raleigh-made-27000-last-year-via-tickets-cars-parked-one-ev-charging-spot/feed/ 2 Talking With $1 Billion Battery Startup Alevo http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/alevo-1-billion-battery-startup/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/alevo-1-billion-battery-startup/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:13:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74749 We recently covered the news of a battery startup called Alevo that has received $1 billion in private funding (yes, billion) and has just unstealthed after about a decade of development in germany, with an announcement that it was going straight to production and opening up a factory in North Carolina at the location of a

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/alevo-1-billion-battery-startup/feed/ 39 Climate Listening Project Gets Across The EPA Clean Power Plan http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/08/climate-listening-project-gets-across-epa-clean-power-plan/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/08/climate-listening-project-gets-across-epa-clean-power-plan/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2014 08:00:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74609 A thoughtful North Carolina nonprofit has devised a very effective and immediate way to display climate change on a local and personal level. The video below describes its program, The Climate Listening Project. The project is a new collaborative storytelling effort spearheaded by the Western North Carolina Alliance to connect conversations about local climate impacts and

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/08/climate-listening-project-gets-across-epa-clean-power-plan/feed/ 0 LED Lighting Efficiency Jumps Roughly 50% Since 2012 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/05/led-lighting-efficiency-jumps-roughly-50-since-2012/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/05/led-lighting-efficiency-jumps-roughly-50-since-2012/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:26:04 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74531 LED light bulb efficiency has jumped roughly 50% since 2012 while prices dropped "dramatically," according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/05/led-lighting-efficiency-jumps-roughly-50-since-2012/feed/ 49 Solar Decathlon Technology Spotlight: Heat Pumps http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/solar-decathlon-technology-spotlight-heat-pumps/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/solar-decathlon-technology-spotlight-heat-pumps/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:03:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74208 1Sun4All. How much comfort is required to give up if we live in an energy-efficient house? How much would we lose by updating our home to net zero standards? Maybe none. Check out the latest article from Irene Ying for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, that tells us a lot about heat pump systems used to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/solar-decathlon-technology-spotlight-heat-pumps/feed/ 4 2.7 Billion+ Trips Taken On Public Transportation In 2nd Quarter http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/24/2-7-billion-trips-taken-public-transportation-2nd-quarter/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/24/2-7-billion-trips-taken-public-transportation-2nd-quarter/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:55:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73904 US public transportation ridership increased yet again in the second quarter of 2014. A press release report released by the American Public Transportation Association showed urban mobility increasing to over 2.7 billion trips on US public transportation in the second quarter. Urban travelers are making commonsense choices for their pockets and the environment, effecting a 1.1% increase in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/12/north-carolinas-renewable-energy-boom-driven-solar-according-new-report/feed/ 8 3D Solar Panel Printing, Integrating Solar Into Grid Not So Hard… (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/19/3d-solar-panel-printing/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/19/3d-solar-panel-printing/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:00:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72098 Time for another solar energy news roundup. Enjoy! 3D printing of solar panels may soon be coming to a home near you. (Solar Love) Duke Energy is investing $500 million into solar power in North Carolina. (Solar Love) Goldman Sachs is offering solar PV financing for lower than banks in Japan. (Planetsave) We focus a lot on

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/16/duke-energy-commits-500-million-solar-power-expansion-north-carolina/feed/ 14 Clean Energy Opportunities And Challenges In North Carolina http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/15/opportunities-challenges-north-carolina/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/15/opportunities-challenges-north-carolina/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:30:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71966 NCSEA’s “Making Energy Work,”  in Charlotte, NC, Oct 1&2, 2014  Originally published in the ECOreport More than 600 local, regional and national attendees are expected at the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association’s 6th Annual Conference in Charlotte. “Making Energy Work” is a coming together of industry, utilities and customers, and they take that name very

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/15/opportunities-challenges-north-carolina/feed/ 29 Both Red & Blue States Green On Energy, Stanford Says http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/13/red-blue-states-green-energy-stanford-says/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/13/red-blue-states-green-energy-stanford-says/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:11:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71778 With Congress squelching innovation in Washington, we need to look to the states for policies green on energy. A study released by Stanford University and the Hoover Institution this week (The State Clean Energy Cookbook: A Dozen Recipes for State Action on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) cites 12 innovative projects being implemented by almost 20

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/13/red-blue-states-green-energy-stanford-says/feed/ 5 Top 10 Solar Energy States Per Capita (US) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/03/top-10-solar-energy-states-per-capita-us/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/03/top-10-solar-energy-states-per-capita-us/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:34:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71382 Environment America Research and Policy Center recently released Lighting the Way, a fascinating hard numbers–based take on the US solar energy boom, the top states that fostered it last year, and what the others are up to. The research organization finds that the top 10 solar energy states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/03/top-10-solar-energy-states-per-capita-us/feed/ 6 Large Scale Solar PV Projects At Risk, While California Powers On http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/03/large-scale-solar-pv-projects-risk-california-powers/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/03/large-scale-solar-pv-projects-risk-california-powers/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:30:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71445 The US solar PV pipeline has been standing on shaky ground for the past few months as trade investigations put a dampener on a number of projects relying on Chinese manufacturers. NPD Solarbuzz, working from their United States Deal Tracker, have pinpointed those sectors of the industry most likely to be affected by the trade disputes.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/03/large-scale-solar-pv-projects-risk-california-powers/feed/ 24 Are Utilities About To Kill Solar Energy’s Future In North Carolina? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/23/are-utilities-about-to-kill-solar-energys-future-in-north-carolina/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/23/are-utilities-about-to-kill-solar-energys-future-in-north-carolina/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:05:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69792 A North Carolina regulatory review could change solar energy's future in the state, with utilities pushing rules to grind new development to a halt

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/12/3rd-apple-solar-farm-development-north-carolina/feed/ 3 Despite Ohio Freeze, Renewable Energy Continues To Be Hot http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/10/despite-ohio-freeze-renewable-energy-continues-hot/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/10/despite-ohio-freeze-renewable-energy-continues-hot/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:30:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69266 By Michael Brower Last month, Ohio Governor Kasich signed legislation putting a two-year ‘freeze’ on the state’s proven, successful, and money-saving renewable energy standard. Doing so, he is moving Ohio backward as other states move forward, developing job-creating  CO2-neutral/CO2-light, clean renewable energy. This new state law freezes economic growth in a sector that employs 25,000

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/02/carbon-pollution-standards/feed/ 2 Methodist Church In North Carolina Celebrating Energy From The Sun http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/25/methodist-church-north-carolina-celebrating-energy-sun/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/25/methodist-church-north-carolina-celebrating-energy-sun/#comments Sun, 25 May 2014 09:00:41 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67237 Originally published on Eden Keeper. On June 15 members of the Highland United Methodist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina will come together to celebrate. No, they’re not celebrating some obscure Christian holiday or Father’s Day (although their celebration will be honoring the Father in a way). They’re coming together to dedicate the church’s new solar array —

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/25/methodist-church-north-carolina-celebrating-energy-sun/feed/ 4 North Carolina Republicans: “Reveal Fracking Chemicals, Go To Jail” http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/22/north-carolina-gop-reveal-fracking-chemicals-go-jail/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/22/north-carolina-gop-reveal-fracking-chemicals-go-jail/#comments Thu, 22 May 2014 04:01:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67216 No, not “reveal your fracking chemicals or go to jail,” but, “if you reveal anyone’s fracking chemicals, you should go to jail.” In a move that reeks of desperation (or perhaps it’s just a show for their owners?), three Republican state senators in North Carolina recently introduced a bill to the state legislature that would

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