{"id":18199,"date":"2018-08-07T16:43:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T20:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=18199"},"modified":"2018-08-09T15:07:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T19:07:14","slug":"north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Governor Roy Cooper has issued a proclamation<\/a> recognizing August 5-11 as \u201cAmerican Wind Week\u201d here in North Carolina. It\u2019s a good time to reflect on our clean energy progress \u2013 as a nation and as a state \u2013 and to consider what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n

The amount of energy generated from wind turbines has more than tripled in the United States in the last decade, according<\/a> to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), representing 6.3 percent of the nation\u2019s generation mix last year. The Tar Heel state can take credit for a tiny portion of that with the 104 turbines generating power at the Amazon East Wind Farm near Elizabeth City, but we are lagging behind with wind representing only 0.4 percent of our state\u2019s energy mix.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2017, the Amazon Wind Farm became the first wind project of its size in North Carolina, and hopefully it\u2019s not the last. Not only do these projects deliver more of the electricity we need without the pollution we don\u2019t, they also deliver<\/a> important economic benefits to landowners and local communities.<\/p>\n

Wind energy makes North Carolina strong, safe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Planning for two additional wind energy projects in eastern North Carolina was already underway in 2017. Unfortunately, as momentum was gathering behind this burgeoning industry in North Carolina, state lawmakers imposed a temporary moratorium on new wind energy projects, halting the planning process for projects already in motion. The proposal was controversial \u2013 drawing strong bipartisan opposition \u2013 and rested on claims of potential interference with North Carolina military bases.<\/p>\n

This summer, retired military brass visited with state legislators to assure them the military has its bases covered. The Department of Defense Siting Clearinghouse must review and approve<\/a> wind energy projects before they can be built. A project\u2019s potential to impact military training, testing, and readiness is evaluated and, if any issues are found, the Department of Defense works with the wind energy developer to redesign the project and address the problems, or it doesn\u2019t get built.<\/p>\n

John Castellaw, a retired lieutenant general who spent 12 years stationed in North Carolina with the Marine Corps, was recently quoted<\/a> saying, \u201csustainable energy and our national security are important to each other and they can live together.\u201d In the same interview, Castellaw said he\u2019s not familiar with a single project that has been built over the military\u2019s objection. Having flown planes for years in and around Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point \u2013 located in Havelock, North Carolina \u2013 wind energy development is a topic he knows and cares about deeply.<\/p>\n

As moratorium winds down, what\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I have said before<\/a>, if there is a silver lining to the wind energy moratorium, perhaps it\u2019s that the extra time has allowed policymakers and stakeholders to learn more about the industry, the programs in place to protect military training and readiness, and the tremendous opportunities that lay ahead for North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Legislators convened for six weeks this May and June, adjourning without having taken any action to extend the moratorium, bringing us all one step closer to a more secure, prosperous future. When the moratorium officially expires at the end of 2018, we\u2019ve got a lot of catching up to do.<\/p>\n

AWEA ranks North Carolina 37th in the nation<\/a> for its share of wind energy generation. But with the cost of wind installations down by nearly one-third<\/a> over the last several years, the wind industry here is just getting started. It\u2019s time for North Carolina to get off the sidelines.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there is increasingly strong bipartisan<\/a> support for wind energy in North Carolina. The Governor\u2019s proclamation clearly articulates the benefits to our state, and underscores his support. As for our legislature, we are cautiously optimistic that lawmakers will allow the end of 2018 to also mark the end of the temporary wind moratorium. We are poised to embrace wind energy as part of a strong economic future for North Carolina, and EDF is committed to helping make that happen.<\/p>\nNorth Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future. <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Roy Cooper has issued a proclamation recognizing August 5-11 as \u201cAmerican Wind Week\u201d here in North Carolina. It\u2019s a good time to reflect on our clean energy progress \u2013 as a nation and as a state \u2013 and to consider what\u2019s next. The amount of energy generated from wind turbines has more than tripled …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42996,1,557],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-18199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smart-power","category-uncategorized","category-north-carolina"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNorth Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future - Energy Exchange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future - Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Roy Cooper has issued a proclamation recognizing August 5-11 as \u201cAmerican Wind Week\u201d here in North Carolina. It\u2019s a good time to reflect on our clean energy progress \u2013 as a nation and as a state \u2013 and to consider what\u2019s next. The amount of energy generated from wind turbines has more than tripled ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-07T20:43:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-09T19:07:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/08\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Kelly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Kelly\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Kelly\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7a7a3e1b1d80e3c0a17759cab96849da\"},\"headline\":\"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-07T20:43:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-09T19:07:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":686,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/38\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Clean Energy\",\"General\",\"North Carolina\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/\",\"name\":\"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future - Energy Exchange\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/38\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-07T20:43:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-09T19:07:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7a7a3e1b1d80e3c0a17759cab96849da\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/38\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/38\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/07\\\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/\",\"name\":\"Energy Exchange\",\"description\":\"Accelerating the clean energy revolution\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7a7a3e1b1d80e3c0a17759cab96849da\",\"name\":\"David Kelly\",\"description\":\"David Kelly focuses on creating constructive partnerships and building support with policymakers, businesses and key stakeholders to advance policies that accelerate deployment of clean energy technologies.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edf.org\\\/people\\\/david-kelly\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/author\\\/dkelly\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future - Energy Exchange","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future - Energy Exchange","og_description":"Governor Roy Cooper has issued a proclamation recognizing August 5-11 as \u201cAmerican Wind Week\u201d here in North Carolina. It\u2019s a good time to reflect on our clean energy progress \u2013 as a nation and as a state \u2013 and to consider what\u2019s next. The amount of energy generated from wind turbines has more than tripled ...","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/","og_site_name":"Energy Exchange","article_published_time":"2018-08-07T20:43:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-09T19:07:14+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/08\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"David Kelly","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Kelly","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/"},"author":{"name":"David Kelly","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#\/schema\/person\/7a7a3e1b1d80e3c0a17759cab96849da"},"headline":"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future","datePublished":"2018-08-07T20:43:55+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-09T19:07:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/"},"wordCount":686,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/08\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg","articleSection":["Clean Energy","General","North Carolina"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/","name":"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future - Energy Exchange","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/08\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg","datePublished":"2018-08-07T20:43:55+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-09T19:07:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#\/schema\/person\/7a7a3e1b1d80e3c0a17759cab96849da"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/08\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/08\/AWFUSE-turbine-construction-224x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/08\/07\/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"North Carolina celebrates \u2018American Wind Week\u2019 with optimism for the future"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/","name":"Energy Exchange","description":"Accelerating the clean energy revolution","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#\/schema\/person\/7a7a3e1b1d80e3c0a17759cab96849da","name":"David Kelly","description":"David Kelly focuses on creating constructive partnerships and building support with policymakers, businesses and key stakeholders to advance policies that accelerate deployment of clean energy technologies.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.edf.org\/people\/david-kelly"],"url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/author\/dkelly\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18199"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=18199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}