The Solar Center - Much More Than Solar!

The North Carolina Solar Center began in 1981 with the creation of a solar house built to research and demonstrate the benefits of passive solar, solar water heating, and solar electricity.

Since then the Solar Center has grown and expanded. With a full-time staff approaching forty people, the NC Solar Center covers all renewable energy areas including solar, wind, and biomass. The NC Solar Center also has teams dedicated to High Performance Buildings, Clean Transportation, Economic Development, Distributed Generation, and of course we manage the DSIRE project, the national "go-to" resource for renewable energy and energy efficiency policy and incentives.

North Carolina News Stories

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		Train-the-Trainer: Instructors Become Students as NC Solar Center Trains Educators on Solar Technologies		Thirty-nine community college and technical high school instructors from Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina and North Carolina converged in Raleigh in June to take part in a five-year, U.S. Department of Energy funded train-the-trainer program on solar te

		NC Solar Center Installs New Skystream Demonstration Wind Turbine System to Enhance Training and Development Programs		The North Carolina Solar Center (NCSC) is the proud recipient of a new Southwest Windpower Skystream 3.7 small wind system – one of the most widely deployed residential/small wind turbines on the market.

		How the electric car will save us: Getting charged up about a gasoline-free future		Read the latest cover article from the Independent Weekly focusing on Electric Vehicles. Anne Tazewell, Clean Transportation Program Manager for the N.C. Solar Center, is featured.

		FREE Output- Based Emissions Standards 101 Webinar on July 23rd		Please join us for a FREE Output-Based Emissions Standards 101 Webinar presented by the United States Department of Energy's Southeast Clean Energy Application Center and the United States EPA CHP Partnership.

		Join us for the District Energy 101 Webinar on July 20th		Please join us for a District Energy 101 Webinar presented by the U.S. DOE's Southeast Clean Energy Application Center and the International District Energy Association on July 20th.

		FREE webinar on July 15th discussing issues surrounding net metering in retail choice markets.		The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and the North Carolina Solar Center (NCSC) will be publishing a paper later this year examining net metering in retail choice markets. Please join us for a webinar as Justin Barnes and Laurel Varnado explain

		EcoCar Year 2 Results		NC State EcoCar Team participated in the Year 2 Competition in Arizona and California. Results are coming in and NC State has received an award for the Most Improvement of any team.

		Students Test, Race Their Electric Vehicles at NC State as part of collaborative STEP program		Middle- and high-school students showed off, powered up and raced their model electric vehicles at North Carolina State University’s first Sustainable Transportation Education Program (STEP) at the McKimmon Center on Saturday, May 22.

		N.C. Solar Center Receives Southeast Diesel Collaborative Leadership Award		U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Air, Pesticides, Toxics Management Division Director Ken Lapierre, on behalf of the Southeast Diesel Collaborative (SEDC), presented the North Carolina Solar Center at NorthCarolina State University with t

		Presentations at the Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speakers Series in Atlanta GA		Amy Heinemann with the North Carolina Solar Center will be presenting at the Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speakers Series in Atlanta GA. The presentation titled, "State Solar Policy in the Southeast", will be held on Wednesday, May 26th from Noon-1:30pm.