The IREC Blog

(Read in English) En el municipio de Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Jennifer Granholm, la Secretaria de Energía de los EE. UU, visitó a IREC y a nuestros socios para discutir las iniciativas en curso del DOE en el área. La Secretaria también tuvo la oportunidad de conocer de primera mano los desafíos y vicisitudes que el...

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council today released a report that provides guidance on the use of “group studies,” an emerging practice to streamline the interconnection of distributed energy resources (DERs) — such as solar PV, community solar, and energy storage — to the electric distribution grid. The report, Thinking Outside the Lines: Group Studies in...

The two-year cooperative agreement will fund Resilience Hubs in several of Puerto Rico's vulnerable communities.

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.

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.