Solar

[Rumbas]

40% here. 100 is the goal.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/science/earth/denmark-aims-for-100-percent-renewable-energy.html

[Mackin USA]

That is such great news for Elizabeth City >>> JOBS

[rcjordan]

Panasonic to roll out home battery to Europe, starting with Germany

http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/panasonic-to-roll-out-home-battery-to-europe--starting-with-germany_100020921/

[rcjordan]

World s biggest floating solar farm powers up outside London Five years in planning and due to be finished in early March, more than 23,000 solar panels will be floated on the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir near Heathrow and used to generate power for local water treatment plants

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/29/worlds-biggest-floating-solar-farm-power-up-outside-london

[rcjordan]

update referencing this post upstream about local alt energy construction
http://th3core.com/talk/water-coolerextra/solar/msg37762/#msg37762

I don't know about the rest of the state, but in just one year eastern NC is now literally bristling with new solar farms.  Hell, at this rate there will soon be no room for corn.  These are 20-30 acre installations with thousands of panels, row upon row.

[rcjordan]

>no room for corn

update:
N.C. jumps to second place for solar energy

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article101994067.html

[littleman]

Imagine what will happen if they ever stop subsidizing corn?     Makes sense though, but I wonder how the humidity and occasional hurricane will impact the profitability?