EF Annual Report 2013

Republicans want the freedom to make the best choice and the competition to drive down rates. We can’t let solar energy—and all its advantages and benefits it provides us—be pushed aside by monopolies wanting to limit energy choice. That’s not the conservative way and it’s not the American way. Barry Morris Goldwater, Jr.

WIND STORIES

Photo: Gage Skidmore

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The Grocoff's 113-year-old remodeled historic house achieved 103 percent net positive energy over the past year— despite one of the harshest winters on record. It is expected to be the first cold-climate home to be Net Zero Energy Certified under the strict standards of the International Living Future Institute.
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Nellis Air Force Base installed this 14 megawatt solar array in 2007. A second array, planned for installation in 2015, is expected to offset the annual production of about 27,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to taking 136,000 cars off the road over the next 25 years.

NORTH CAROLINA

More than 137 solar companies are currently at work throughout the value chain in North Carolina, employing 3,100. Some companies, like Strata Solar, hire graduates of programs at local universities— Appalachia State University, for example—that train students in renewable energy installation, design, and power generation.
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