12 Apr Renewable Energy Symposium

Renewable Energy Symposium

How do you plan to celebrate Earth Week? What better way than to learn more about renewable energy! On Thursday, April 20th from 1-6 p.m., Carteret Community College is co-sponsoring a Renewable Energy Symposium with the NC Sierra Club and NC Interfaith Power and Light.

This is a special opportunity to learn more about renewable energy like solar and wind and hear directly from utility companies and solar installers. From 1-1:30 p.m., participants are invited to a “meet and greet” where they may peruse information tables and speak directly to symposium presenters.

Beginning at 1:30, presenters will speak on the following topics:

• The importance of workforce training and the role of Carteret CC
  Presented by: Perry Harker, Vice President of Corporate and Community Education | Carteret Community College
• Reducing our Carbon Footprint
  Presented by: Keynote Speaker Cassie Gavin, Policy Director | NC Sustainable Energy Association
• Onshore & Offshore Wind in NC and the Benefits
  Presented by: Karly Lohan, NC Program and Outreach Manager | The Southeastern Wind Coalition
• Climate Change and a Hopeful Response
  Presented by: Susannah Tuttle, Executive Director | NC Interfaith Power and Light

Concluding the presentations is an opportunity for questions and answers followed by a short break with lite refreshments. Then at 3:15 p.m. a panel representing utility and solar installer companies will discuss potential state and federal rebates in connection to renewable energies. Panel participants include representative from the following companies:

• Carteret Craven Co-op
• Duke Energy
• Southern Energy Management (Triangle)
• Cape Fear Solar (Wilmington)
• Saving Sunshine (Morehead City)

This event is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable information about the benefits of renewable energy and various utilities and solar installers in our area. For more information please contact Penny Hooper, Croatan Conservation Chair and Advisory Council of NCIPL at 252-241-6107 or pjhooper@ec.rr.com.

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