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.

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.

IREC has been selected by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship to serve as an Industry Intermediary for Registered Apprenticeships (RA) in clean energy.

The U.S. solar energy workforce grew by 3.5% in 2022 alongside a jobs boom in clean energy storage, according to the 13th annual National Solar Jobs Census released by IREC.

Freeing the Grid is a joint initiative of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and Vote Solar that grades states on key policies that help to increase clean energy adoption and access to the grid.