By Jonathan Susser | May 19, 2023
NC GreenPower, our nonprofit subsidiary launched in 2003, recently announced the awardees of its 2023 Solar+ Schools program year. Solar+ Schools provides grants for solar installations at North Carolina K-12 schools. It is open to all public and private K-12[…]
By Jonathan Susser | May 15, 2023
With more organizations working to reduce their environmental and energy footprint — whether it’s to meet corporate sustainability goals, follow local regulations or promote social responsibility — interest in renewable energy certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets is growing. But what[…]
By Jonathan Susser | September 6, 2022
Advanced Energy is excited to welcome Taylor Hill as an engineer. Taylor was born and raised in the Raleigh area and attended NC State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a focus on renewable energy[…]
By Jonathan Susser | June 14, 2022
Advanced Energy is excited to welcome Fatin Ishraq as an energy consultant. Fatin grew up in Bangladesh and moved to the U.S. six years ago. He recently graduated from NC State University and the University of North Carolina Asheville, where[…]
By Shawn Allred | January 26, 2022
Batteries are coming to your grid soon! One of the more exciting and impactful grid modernization technologies is utility-scale battery storage. Battery storage can give utilities greater flexibility when operated alongside renewables, lower peak demand, flatten the daily demand curve[…]
By Jonathan Susser | December 16, 2021
In our final Exploring North Carolina Smart Grid webinar of 2021, we checked in on the status of solar energy in North Carolina. The session featured John Gajda, principal engineer at Strata Clean Energy; Maura Farver, distributed energy technology strategy[…]
By David Farmer | September 24, 2021
Wind energy is clean, sustainable, renewable and domestic, and it is one of the fastest growing energy sources in the world. With declining costs and improvements in technology, wind is quickly becoming cost-competitive with other generation resources, but harnessing it[…]
By Jonathan Susser | July 22, 2021
Advanced Energy is excited to welcome Bec Alderson as a renewable energy consultant with the distributed generation team. Bec grew up in Efland, North Carolina, moved to Durham for high school, and then headed to Raleigh to attend NC State[…]
By Luke Henry | June 27, 2020
You’ve done the research and have decided to install solar at your home. What’s next to keep the process moving? To know what else to expect and get the system, installer and agreement that meet your needs, here are a[…]
By Luke Henry | May 20, 2020
Looking into home solar can be exciting but also a bit daunting. Below, we outline a few areas worth knowing about, including components, characteristics, locations, sizing, layout, orientation and additional costs of installing a solar photovoltaic (PV) system. Solar Components[…]