Maybe They’re Cleaning Up Their Act. Maybe It’s Greenwashing.
Last month we covered the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment. The report provides unequivocal evidence that...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Aug 17, 2021
- 4 min
No Planet B: We Must Act Now on Climate Change
In 2018, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a groundbreaking special report on the impacts of...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Jul 12, 2021
- 3 min
Not A Flight Risk: The Military & Wind Development in North Carolina
The state of North Carolina holds immense potential for wind energy, and particularly for offshore wind. A recent study reported that...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Jun 17, 2021
- 4 min
Does the “Act to Modernize NC’s Generation” Do Just That?
Image courtesy of PV Magazine, August 2020 Earlier this week, legislators in North Carolina publicly released House Bill 951: "An Act to...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Jun 7, 2021
- 3 min
Wood Pellets – A Controversial Clean Energy
The name clean energy evokes images such as wind turbines dotting the landscape, rooftop solar panels, or utility scale solar constructed...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- May 19, 2021
- 4 min
A Whole Lot of Garbage
When you toss out your trash each day, you probably don't give it much thought. The furthest consideration Americans give their garbage...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Apr 27, 2021
- 5 min
An Update on Storage Policy Nationally and in North Carolina
At the North Carolina State Energy Virtual Conference this past week, I had the honor to moderate a group of panelists discussing growing...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Mar 30, 2021
- 6 min
Environmental Justice: Its History and Where We Are Now
Background In the past year, we have seen one of the largest mobilizations against racial injustice in history. Following the murder of...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Mar 8, 2021
- 7 min
Community Solar: What North Carolina Needs to Learn
Background Solar continues to grow as a viable and affordable energy source and utility consumers are increasingly presented with options...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
Will ARPA-E Serve as the Catalyst to Meet the Final 10 Percent of Carbon Neutrality?
Nearly a month into the Biden administration, we have seen early strides toward fulfilling campaign promises in climate and clean energy....
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Jan 27, 2021
- 4 min
Pulling the Southeast Along with the Rest of the Country
In the last article, we covered the states and how they can be grouped into “leaders”, “followers”, and “laggards” depending on their...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
Laggards, Followers, and Leaders in the Climate Change Effort
As 2021 gets started and we are on the cusp of a new Biden administration, our energy future will look decidedly different....
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Dec 16, 2020
- 3 min
North Carolina’s Inaction Means a Cold Winter for Some
When examining North Carolina’s economy in 2020, there are two perspectives that offer vastly different conclusions. First, Site...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Dec 7, 2020
- 4 min
Resetting After the Pandemic
At the beginning of 2020, no one could have predicted a worldwide pandemic would cause all of us to stop in our tracks. Covid-19 laid...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Guest Blog: Leyline Identifies Opportunities, Challenges in Energy Storage Finance
Leyline Renewable Capital has provided development funds for projects in anerobic digestion, wind, landfill gas, and solar – and...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Nov 5, 2020
- 4 min
What North Carolina Can and Can’t Do in Clean Energy
In mid-November, I will be speaking on a panel at the Infocast Southeast Renewable Energy Conference about the renewables procurement...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Oct 16, 2020
- 3 min
Plastic Pollution: Can We Do Anything?
The impact that Covid-19 has had on the use of billions of facemasks and gloves every month got me thinking about plastic pollution. What...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
Energy Market Reform Update 2.0
Last week the South Carolina General Assembly passed an Electricity Market Reform Measures Study Committee. Introduced on January 15th of...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
North Carolina Getting Into the Offshore Wind Mix
Several states along the eastern seaboard have organized themselves to become leaders in the offshore wind industry. New Jersey, Rhode...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
- Sep 14, 2020
- 4 min
Clean Energy & The Blurring of Lines
Blurring lines is a good moniker for clean energy today. You’ll see that word referred to when it comes to the changing dynamics of new...
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