The state Utility Commission will weigh whether the GenX compound that has polluted the Cape Fear River Basin could contaminate the Wilkinson Solar Plant in the Terra Ceia community of Beaufort County
Published: Saturday, May 26th, 2018 @ 6:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) led a letter to Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, Secretary Wilbur Ross, and Secretary Rick Perry urging them to exclude 72 cell, 1500 volt utility-scale solar panels, a large source of U.S. jobs and investment in our domestic solar industry, from the tariffs recent
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2018 @ 4:02 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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We are no longer able to talk to each other. Did you say we can? OK, let's talk about Solar Power. Why are you shouting at me?
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 @ 6:54 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Tracing the ownership of the land hosting a Nash County solar farm built on a former cow pasture is complicated business
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 9:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Iredell County opponents of an industrial-scale solar project continue facing roadblocks in their goal to prevent the facility from getting a permit
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper in 2012, while serving as state attorney general, agreed to lease a Nash County property he and his brother Pell owned to Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar for the construction and operation of a 4.9-megawatt solar facility
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week the administration of President Donald Trump announced a massive tariff against imported solar photovoltaic panels
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just one week after the Trump administration announced a massive 30% tariff on imported solar panels, one of China's largest solar panel manufacturers announced plans to open a manufacturing plant in the United States
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 10:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As more and more rural communities push back against renewable energy developers and the encroachment of solar generating plants on open space, another fight gets far less attention
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals on Tuesday unanimously reversed a Superior Court ruling supporting Currituck County’s authority to block a solar farm
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 @ 5:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 589, passed earlier this year by the General Assembly, could put allies of North Carolina’s renewable energy industry somewhat at ease, said Randy Wheeless, a spokesman for Duke Energy, at a Nov. 1 meeting of renewable advocates
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 3:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Utilities Commission approved a massive Beaufort County solar project in October after the developer relocated the portion of the project that would have surrounded the Terra Ceia Christian School
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Division of Environmental Quality has fined Apple Computer's data center in Maiden more than $40,000 for violating the state's Solid Waste Management Act
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Solar Farm Ordinance Committee will meet on September 19, 2017 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 1:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Solar Farm Ordinance Committee will hold a meeting from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Monday, September 11, 2017
Published: Friday, September 1st, 2017 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Here in northeastern North Carolina, we will have nearly 90 percent of a full solar eclipse, but it may be cloudy, and, then again, maybe not.
Published: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 @ 2:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging people who plan to view Monday's solar eclipse to use proper eye protection and take steps to reduce the risk of heat-related illness
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 4:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) led a bipartisan group of senators urging the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to not impose tariffs that would negatively affect the American solar industry
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2017 @ 2:30 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Governor Cooper today signed House Bill 589, a substantial portion of which is necessary and comprehensive energy legislation that secures a booming North Carolina solar energy industry that leads the nation
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2017 @ 1:43 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Ron Heiniger just wanted to be a farmer. He encouraged research to avoid solar industry encroachment on North Carolina's prime farmlands
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2017 @ 10:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 589, the misnamed Competitive Energy Solutions for NC, is making its way through the North Carolina Senate
Published: Monday, July 24th, 2017 @ 1:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gertrude Respess claims Wilkinson Solar, and its parent company Invenergy Solar Development, last year took advantage of her dying husband Rhonda to obtain farmland for a large solar installation in Beaufort County
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jeanne Van Staalduinen teaches at Terra Ceia Christian School in Beaufort County
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 589, Competitive Energy Solutions for NC, is anything but competitive or a solution. It is a lobbyists’ dream bill with something for everyone – right down to a set aside for environmental non-profit NCGREENPOWER
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 2:21 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Rep. Chris Millis says the renewable energy industry hoodwinked North Carolina about the costs of giving special deals to renewable producers, which exploded from an initial projection of less than $5 million to $1.6 billion in payouts through 2016
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 5:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ron Heiniger isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. He has spent years as a crop and soil scientist helping hard-pressed farmers to get maximum yield and quality from their crops
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three parties are claiming that energy from the 60 megawatt Summit Farms Solar project in Currituck County will offset a portion of their "carbon footprint": the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Boston Medical Center, and the Post Office Square Redevelopment Corporation
Published: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 @ 2:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has no plan for disposing of millions of tons of material from solar installations dotting the state
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 10:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the Tar Heel State, government mandates require that 12.5 percent of electricity must come from wind, solar, and other forms of renewable energy by 2021.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 11:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor McCrory announced the arrival of SWELECT Energy Systems LLC to Halifax County
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 3:36 am
By: McCrory Communications
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In a major investigative story on WRAL News, reporter Mark Binker outlines an investigation by the U.S. Department of Energy of potential illegal self-dealing
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2016 @ 1:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For decades, energy costs have been manipulated by state government subsidies. Just like other subsidies, whether for the film industry, automobile manufacturers, or even specific companies, special treatments transfer the tax burden from the recipients of the subsidies to others, creating unfair...
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The final batch of solar and other renewable energy projects requested under the "safe harbor" law enacted in April by the General Assembly could cost North Carolina taxpayers as much as $937,804,785 in credits, according to aggregated figures released Wednesday by the North Carolina Department...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 7:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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