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Bringing Solar Power to Those Most in Need – NC WARN News Release
NC WARN today announced a campaign to donate solar electric and hot water systems to nonprofit facilities providing services for needy North Carolinians. By working with local solar installation companies, the group is promoting solar power as solid, affordable investments for most homes and businesses, and a key element of the much-needed statewide shift to a climate-protecting renewable energy economy.
Solar Rooftop Donation Program
We’re spreading the word that the time is now forrooftop solar power in North Carolina!
– Solar is affordable for most households andbusinesses.
– Solar helps owners do their part to cut pollutionand slow global warming.
– Solar is an essential part of the urgently neededstatewide shift to a climate-protecting renewable energy economy.
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Company plans to finish 15 solar farms this year – The News & Observer
N.C. panel touts wind energy use – The News and Observer
Harnessing the sun’s energy for water and space heating – Earth Policy Institute
Ikea will install solar panels on Charlotte store, nine others – The Charlotte Business Journal
Utility CEO on Solar: In “3 to 5 Years You’ll Be Able to Get Power Cheaper from the Roof of Your House Than From the Grid” – Climate Progress
Solar PV breaks records in 2010 – The Earth Policy Institute
Solar photovoltaic (PV) companies manufactured a record 24,000 megawatts of PV cells worldwide in 2010, more than doubling their 2009 output. Annual PV production has grown nearly 100-fold since 2000, when just 277 megawatts of cells were made. Newly installed PV also set a record in 2010, as 16,600 megawatts were installed in more than 100 countries.
What will it take to make renewable energy a reality in the U.S. – AlterNet
Renewable energy is essential if we are to avert disastrous climate change caused by carbon-dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. Yet despite significant recent growth, less than 2 percent of the about 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity the U.S. generates a year comes from solar or wind power.