According to the recently released Clean Energy Industry Census, the industry now includes almost 1,000 firms, provides more than 34,000 jobs, and generates $6.4 billion in annual gross revenues. bit.ly/NCCensus16

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A December report by Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) found that 71 of the Fortune 100 companies currently have renewable energy or sustainability targets (up from 60 companies just two years ago).
https://www.greentechmedia.com/…/Large-Corporations-Are-Dri…
The U.S. DOE predicts that renewable energy sources, like solar and wind power, will have made the biggest contribution to electricity capacity in 2016.
http://fuelfix.com/…/additions-to-renewable-energy-capacit…/
A North Carolina school district takes a step toward a major solar project, part of a larger trend for schools in the state. The plan is part of a broader trend among the state’s schools seeking to use clean energy to cut expenses and meet environmental goals. http://southeastenergynews.com/…/in-north-carolina-solar-b…/
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"With the two new stations, Wake Tech will have a total of six electric vehicle charging stations."
http://www.waketech.edu/…/additional-charging-stations-elec…
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory took a look at state renewable energy portfolios and projected their costs and benefits decades into the future, as far as 2050.
http://midwestenergynews.com/…/report-benefits-of-state-re…/
Cypress Creek Renewables completed its purchase of one of North Carolina’s top solar development and construction companies, FLS Energy in Asheville.
http://www.bizjournals.com/…/california-solar-developer-clo…
Fort Macon State Park is one of several locations where coastal communities can drop off Christmas trees for improving the health of the dune system on nearby beaches.
http://www.coastalreview.org/…/old-christmas-trees-can-bui…/
"There are 675 [abandoned] landfills across North Carolina. ... As landfill owners like Charlotte search for new uses, the state’s solar industry may have part of the answer."
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/…/lo…/article124113469.html
The South's first large-scale wind farm has the capacity to capture enough of the sky's kinetic energy to power 61,000 homes.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/…/amazon-is-re…/article/482553


Port of Wilmington now has the capacity to ship more than a million tons of biofuel annually.
http://www.bizjournals.com/…/biomass-manufacturer-targets-n…
Wanna talk jobs? Mmmmm-okay, how about 1.9 million in the ee sector? https://www.nrdc.org/…/energy-efficiency-jobs-nearly-19-mil…
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