Great article on the dual use of land for solar farms and traditional crops...and it may make both better! https://www.nrdc.org/stories/made-shade-promise-farming-solar-panels  

We are excited to announce that we have a schedule of outings posted on the calendar for 2022. It's been a long time during COVID with no outings, but we are now moving forward with a set of outings currently schedule from April through November....

View this video to see the progress of the Havelock by-pass on US 70. The Sierra Club negotiated a settlement with the NC DOT to offset the loss of Croatan National Forest habitat. The settlement money has also enabled the Coastal Land Trust to...

Utility solar continuing to grow nationwide. This is a huge facility, on 13,000 acres. It “…will have a total of 2.85 million solar panels, is expected to be fully operational by 2024, at which point it will generate a total of 1.65 gigawatts of...

The Croatan Group will be participating in the National Solar Tour on October 2nd, with several sites in Carteret County lined up already. Come out and see us! https://www.nationalsolartour.org/

The Trent River Solar Farm in Jones County is now complete and will soon be producing enough solar energy for 16,000 houses! This is on NC58 just north of the US17 bypass near Pollocksville. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/19/pine-gate-...

This takes away one of the main talking points of wind energy foes... https://electrek.co/2021/05/17/wind-giant-vestas-says-it-can-now-fully-recycle-turbine-blades/amp/  

The country's grid is currently 40% clean, but getting to 80% by 2030 could be achieved with existing technologies at no additional cost to ratepayers in every region because the cost of renewables and batteries have come down so much, according to...

Orbital Marine Power yesterday launched its 2MW tidal turbine, the Orbital O2, in Scotland. It will become the world’s most powerful operational tidal turbine once it has been commissioned and connected to the European Marine Energy...

This report is the conclusion of the first phase of the Energy Transition Alliance’s Blade Recycling Project.  Here, the current methods of blade disposal are reviewed, the future scale of composite blade...