High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Narec (National Renewable Energy Centre) is a UK centre for renewable energy and low carbon technologies. The centre develops prototypes, tests renewable devices to international standards, and is involved in installing low carbon technologies. It is very similar to other centres, such as NREL in the US and National Centre for Renewable Energies (CENER) in Spain. Narec is based in Blyth, Northumberland.