North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Machelle Baker Sanders announced Wednesday that the state has entered into an international agreement with Denmark to advance its offshore wind energy production.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 9:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Cooper administration’s announcement of a “Memorandum of Understanding” with the nation of Denmark to share “knowledge, data, and best practices” over offshore wind energy development predictably set their media acolytes abuzz.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 12:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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RINOs put NC on same fateful path as UK and Europe
Published: Monday, December 20th, 2021 @ 9:45 am
By: John Steed
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Fishing, coastal tourism, environment threatened by offshore wind
Published: Sunday, October 24th, 2021 @ 9:22 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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Governor Roy Cooper today issued Executive Order No. 218 highlighting North Carolina’s commitment to offshore wind power as the state transitions to a clean energy economy.
Published: Sunday, June 20th, 2021 @ 9:04 am
By: Governor's Office
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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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Gov. Roy Cooper has signed an energy bill that includes provisions supporting the solar energy industry
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2017 @ 2:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The controversy over the possible impact of wind energy turbines on military base operations has not blown over, even though none of the relevant bills met the April 27 legislative crossover deadline
Published: Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 @ 1:04 pm
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 has announced that, as part of his "all-of-the-above" energy strategy (whatever that means), North Carolina will be getting its first industrial size wind-farm, part of a partnership between Amazon and a wind power company called Iberdrola. Of course, probably the most important...
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2015 @ 4:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina consumers would have saved $4.2 billion since 2007 if mandates on electric power utilities to purchase expensive renewable energy had not driven costs well above the U.S. average, said a nationally recognized energy and environmental policy analyst.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the byproducts of social media is the rehashing of GIF-filled entertainment pages featuring cute animals, compilations of "photo bombs," and other time-wasters.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2013 @ 4:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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At the Beaufort County Commissioner's General Meeting, there existed a contest of ideas as whether the wind farm designated for proposed construction in an area north of Pantego, and southwest of the Pocosin lakes Wildlife Refuge.
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 @ 11:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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