Chapel Hill, NC -- North Carolina is now ranked second only to California for PV (photovoltaic) capacity. With 397MW (megawatts) of new PV installations in 2014, NC is now second only to California. The state's 1,011MW of installed solar energy ranks North Carolina fourth for solar capacity. And NC's 5,600 solar workers puts the state at number 11 in the nation. Strata Solar, which is based in the Bold Building in Governors Village, has played a key role in this booming growt

According to a recent Chatham Post article, the solar power industry had a record year in 2014 with 34% growth. An independently owned local self-storage enterprise, Green Cube Self Storage, has made their contribution to this solar growth by outfitting their facility with solar panels provided by Southern Energy Management in Morrisville. Read more about Green Cube's push to be 'green' in the Chatham Post article. #greencube #chathamcounty #solarpanels #storage #southernene