Resources

IREC’s 2021 Annual Report covers our biggest highlights from 2021, including key wins from our Regulatory, Workforce, and Local Initiative teams, metrics that quantify our impact, and more.

IREC and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) partnered to identify best practices for producing trusted, validated HCA results reflecting real-world grid conditions.

This guide aims to equip job seekers and career counselors with a greater understanding of job opportunities, career pathways, and career development resources available in the solar industry.

This paper explores the role of utilities and Public Service Commissions in supporting the build-out of charging infrastructure for equitable EV shared mobility programs.

This paper reviews the status of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) standards and any gaps that need to be addressed to unlock the capabilities of V2G-enabled equipment.

Hosting capacity analysis (HCA) is a grid transparency tool that assesses the ability of the electric grid to host additional distributed energy resources (DERs)—such as solar and energy storage—at specific locations, without the need for costly upgrades or lengthy interconnection studies. HCA is gaining momentum as a critical tool for integrating more renewable energy on...

This IREC webinar explores how educators and career/guidance counselors can utilize career maps as a powerful tool to coach and guide students on career pathways, and get them excited about what they’re learning.