90.7 Charlotte 93.7 Southern Pines 90.3 Hickory 106.1 Laurinburg
Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins

Solar Power In North Carolina

Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio

redplanet89

Thursday, August 28, 2014

North Carolina is a good state for sunshine, making it a good state for solar power generation. In fact, solar energy production has grown exponentially here because of generous tax credits, favorable state standards and rapidly decreasing technology costs. All that has made a virtually non-existent industry into one that is fourth in the nation. But some fear that the state utilities commission is putting all this at risk. 

Guests
Steve Kalland
- Executive Director, NC Clean Energy Technology Center at NC State University

John Morrison - Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Asset Management, Strata Solar

Randy Wheeless - Renewables Spokesperson, Duke Energy

Stay Connected