The luncheon speech given by Ivan Urlaub, Executive Director of the NC Sustainable Energy Association, at the Making Energy Work Conference in 2013.

1. The State of Clean Energy in 2013:
The Evolution Has Begun
Ivan Urlaub, Executive Director
NC Sustainable Energy Association

2. Note: Alternative fueling stations figure is not current
Source: NCSEA

3. North Carolina: Growth of Clean Energy Industry
Business Activity
1,200
EE Design & Construction
EE Retrofitting
Education, Services & Consulting
1,000
221
RE Installer, Designer, Developer
800
206
Manufacturing
RE Retailer & Distributor
600
189
Power Generation Owner or Operator
149
400
119
200
78
63
44
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: NCSEA
Number of Organizations
R&D

4. Clean Energy Full Time Equivalents
Business Activity
Education, Services, & Consulting
Power Generation Owner or Operator
RE Installer, Designer, Developer
RE Retailer & Distributor
EE Retrofitting
EE Design & Construction
Manufacturing
R&D
4,587
580
2,352
453
1,614
2,896
1,983
2,476
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
Number of Full Time Equilvanets
Anticipated Change in Clean Energy Jobs Over Next 12 Months
Business Activity
Education, Services, & Consulting
38%
16%
Power Generation Owner or Operator
40%
55%
RE Installer, Designer, Developer
13%
44%
15%
29%
Very likely to add
35%
Somewhat likely to add
RE Retailer or Distributor
46%
11%
EE Retrofitting
35%
16%
EE Design & Construction
36%
38%
15%
41%
46%
Manufacturing
50%
14%
R&D
50%
14%
0%
20%
40%
Remain unchanged
60%
31%
34%
80%
100%
Source: NCSEA

5. Employment Trends
by Business Activity
Highest employment growth since 2008 in:
• Education, services and consulting
• Energy efficient design and construction
• Renewable energy designer, installer, developer
Highest anticipated rate of employment growth in 2014
(% of firms to add jobs)
• Power generation owner or operator (68%)
• Manufacturing and/or production (63%)
• Research & Development (62%)
Source: NCSEA

6. North Carolina: Growth of Clean Energy Industry
Business Focus
900
EE & Building Sciences
Solar
800
267
Biomass
700
600
EV/Alternative Fueling
Wind
500
196
Smart Grid
400
Energy Storage
Hydroelectric
97
300
73
200
56
51
30
32
28
100
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Firms can indicate more than one business focus. This
graph shows 827 business focuses across 571 firms.
Source: NCSEA
Number of Organizations
Geothermal

7. Clean Energy Full Time Equivalents
Business Focus
678
EV/Alternative Fueling
Energy Storage
544
EE & Building Sciences
5,505
Smart Grid
4,177
Geothermal
480
Hydroelectric
962
Biomass
1,277
Wind
632
Solar
2,432
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
Number of Full Time Equilvanets
5,000
6,000
Anticipated Change in Clean Energy Jobs Over Next 12 Months
Business Focus
EV/Alternative Fueling
41%
Energy Storage
44%
EE & Building Sciences
32%
Smart Grid
Wind
Solar
20%
37%
16%
42%
11%
39%
0%
45%
8%
44%
39%
16%
40%
Remain unchanged
49%
15%
40%
Somewhat likely to add
40%
17%
45%
Biomass
Very likely to add
49%
15%
30%
Hydroelectric
33%
18%
43%
Geothermal
29%
22%
60%
80%
100%
Source: NCSEA

8. Employment Trends
by Business Focus
Highest rates of employment growth since 2008 in:
• Energy efficiency and building sciences
• Solar
• Smart Grid
Highest anticipated rate of employment growth in 2014
(% of firms to add jobs)
• Energy Storage (61%)
• EV/Alternative Fuels (61%)
• Smart Grid (60%)
Source: NCSEA

9. Energy’s Shifting Foundation
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Accelerating tech innovation and optionality
Inverting cost relationships
Flat electricity load
Increased domestic resources - for how long?
Rising popular preference for energy assurance
Increasing customer access to data and solutions
Increasing customer access to distributed energy
Changing cultural preferences
Energy storage – when will it commercialize?
Clearing design hurdles previously separating electricity
from transportation and infrastructure
• Regulatory structures trying to keep pace, new regulations

10. Source: NC RETS, NCSEA

11. Source: NC RETS, NCSEA

12. 450
North Carolina Clean Energy Industry
Export Activity
North Carolina
Regional Markets
400
350
Percent of
products or
services
300
Less than 10%
10% up to 24%
250
25% up to 49%
50% up to 74%
200
75% up to 99%
100%
150
100
National Markets
50
International Markets
0
Local markets
Regional Markets National Markets
International
Markets
Source: NCSEA