In August, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced the award of $5 million to North Carolina to build charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). The award came in two parts. The first is a $1 million grant to install 20 Level 2 EV charging stations at 10 community colleges across the state as part...

In 2017, Buncombe County and the City of Asheville in western North Carolina adopted a resolution for the county operations to be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2030, and the entire community by 2042. This made the community only the second in the Tar Heel State to adopt a clean energy goal. Since then,...

American Clean Power (ACP), the trade group for the clean energy sector, ranks North Carolina #10 in clean energy generation, with 6,882 megawatts of capacity. That’s enough electricity to power 1.2 million homes.  North Carolina’s leadership comes in part from its $19 billion in investments in clean energy. This has elevated the state to the...