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N.C. AG's office received 270 complaints against Pink Energy, formerly known as Power Home Solar.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2022 @ 3:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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another weather dependency of ''green energy''
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2022 @ 8:36 am
By: John Steed
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unreliability of weather-dependent energy sources threaten gird
Published: Sunday, June 12th, 2022 @ 8:02 am
By: John Steed
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NC is on the same path due to Roy Cooper and RINOs Moore and Berger and HB951
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 9:52 am
By: John Steed
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A new study released today by the John Locke Foundation spells out just how superior nuclear and natural gas are in achieving carbon emission reduction goals for the state.
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2021 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s installed solar power is second only to California’s.
Published: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 @ 8:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Are wind, solar, and batteries the magical solutions to all our energy needs?
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 @ 8:40 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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North Carolina had held the title “second in solar” for a few years now, but that title does not come cheap.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 2:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week Bloomberg Energy issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 4:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We can thank North Carolina law — and Gov. Roy Cooper — for the higher bills that come with long-term solar energy contracts Duke has been forced to accept.
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2019 @ 11:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank claimed in a March press release it’s the “first Fortune 500 company and first bank to contract for 100 percent renewable power through a single new project.”
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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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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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, 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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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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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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Solar energy is said to be renewable because it is "naturally replenished." One source defines solar power as renewable because "there is an endless supply." But the truth of the matter is that in any meaningful technological, economic, or practical sense solar is anything but renewable...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is now being acknowledged by even its staunchest supporters that the solar industry in North Carolina is completely a creature of government mandates and subsidies and could never stand on its own without wealth transfers from taxpayers and rate payers. In other words, it is completely welfare...
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2015 @ 4:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At a recent event with Harry Reid in Las Vegas President Obama accused conservatives of being inconsistent in their support for free markets. Why? Apparently because they are "not for" solar power. Here's what he had to say to the gathering...
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 @ 4:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Trains are notoriously hard to slow down – even when we need them to.
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 8:25 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The ongoing debate over subsidies for traditional versus renewable energy sources offers an incomplete picture. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report urges advocates on both sides of the debate to fill in the gaps by factoring in penalties along with subsidies.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2013 @ 12:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In January 2011, Thom Tillis was elected speaker of the state House. In March, 2011, it hit the media that House leaders were attempting to kill a conservative-promoted measure to eliminate the state's "renewable energy" mandate.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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