The IREC Blog

Four regional energy efficiency organizations (REEOs) have partnered with IREC to join the EMPOWERED program, a U.S. Department of Energy-funded initiative providing free education and training on clean energy safety and installation to building professionals.

We explore the methodology of our research, underlying assumptions, and the resulting estimated timelines for when smart inverters with grid-support capabilities will be available on the market.

RMI, IREC, and SEAC have published a document designed to guide municipalities on approval processes for siting and installing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) today released updated model rules to facilitate the safe, efficient, and reliable interconnection of clean energy resources to the electric grid. Interconnection is one of the biggest obstacles to the expansion of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as rooftop solar installations, community solar, and battery storage—and achieving state clean...

The EMPOWERED program, a Department of Energy-funded program providing free education and training to building professionals on clean energy safety and installation, recently hit a key milestone: over 75 thousand people in all 50 states have utilized these resources.

(Leer en español) On Wednesday, August 2, the IREC Puerto Rico office met with the community of Castañer to begin development of an energy resilience plan, with the goal that the community can rapidly recover from the impacts of natural disasters. This initiative will be based on an existing microgrid that was developed by IREC...

(Read in English) El miércoles 2 de agosto, la oficina de IREC en Puerto Rico se reunió con la comunidad de Castañer para comenzar el desarrollo de un plan de resiliencia energética, con la meta de que la comunidad pueda recuperarse rápidamente de los impactos de los desastres naturales. Esta iniciativa se basará en una...