Wind power in North Carolina

Wind power in North Carolina is found along the coastal areas in the east and mountain regions in the western part of the state.

In 2016, North Carolina's first large scale wind project, and the first in the southeastern U.S., was completed near Elizabeth City.

The project was part of a surge in renewable energy research which began under then-President Jimmy Carter.

The project comprises 104 wind turbines (208 MW) within a 2,513-acre portion of a 24,242-acre review area located 7.5 miles west of Elizabeth City.

[16] In 2015 the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill will deploy two large buoys 20 miles (32 km) offshore of the coast and 40 miles (64 km) north and southwest from Cape Hatteras to capture wind, temperature and barometric pressure data for ongoing research on offshore wind energy.