Old Dominion Models Show No Significant Impact on Human Health and Environment at Hampton Roads Coal-Fired Plant
Posted on May 25, 2011 in Environmental | Comments Off on Old Dominion Models Show No Significant Impact on Human Health and Environment at Hampton Roads Coal-Fired Plant
In response to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s recent report projecting an annual increase in healthcare costs of more than $200 million related to Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s planned coal-fired generation plant near Newport News, Virginia, Old Dominion reports that computer models meeting state and federal standards determined that the plant “will demonstrate no significant...
Arizona Disputes the Role of Trash as a Renewable Energy Source
Posted on May 23, 2011 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Arizona Disputes the Role of Trash as a Renewable Energy Source
Mohave Electric Cooperative recently requested that state utility regulators treat solid waste as a renewable energy source to allow the coop to count a planned waste-to-energy facility as part of the coop’s renewable source portfolio. Environmentalists oppose the proposed renewable treatment for trash in favor of cleaner fuel sources like wind and solar. Arizona is one of several...
Resistance Continues Over Planned Hampton Roads Coal-Fired Plant
Posted on May 23, 2011 in Environmental, Project Development | Comments Off on Resistance Continues Over Planned Hampton Roads Coal-Fired Plant
As part of an ongoing dispute with Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued a report projecting an annual increase in health care costs of more than $200 million if Old Dominion moves forward with a planned coal-fired generation plant near Newport News, Virginia. Old Dominion argues that the 1,500 MW plant would help meet increasing power demands in the...
Iberdrola Renewables Extends Agreement With Texas Coop
Posted on May 16, 2011 in Corporate Governance, Environmental, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Iberdrola Renewables Extends Agreement With Texas Coop
Iberdrola Renewables is extending an ongoing power purchase agreement with South Texas Electric Cooperative, which is the wholesale power provider to eight Texas electric cooperatives. South Texas will expand its existing 50 MW power purchase agreement with Iberdrola to 100.8 MW and extend it to May 31, 2026. Wind Power Intelligence has the full story.
Cooperative Among Participants at Congressional Hearing on the Future of Hydropower Generation
Posted on May 5, 2011 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Cooperative Among Participants at Congressional Hearing on the Future of Hydropower Generation
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing Wednesday to discuss the legal and regulatory barriers to increased hydropower generation. Consumers Power, Inc., an Oregon cooperative, was among the participants and noted concerns about overgeneration related to the rapid increase of wind being generated in the region. For CPI’s complete testimony, click...
Coop Teams Up With Refuge to Supply Solar Power
Posted on May 2, 2011 in Climate Change, Environmental, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Teams Up With Refuge to Supply Solar Power
Dairyland Power Cooperative and one of its 25 member cooperatives, Oakdale Electric Cooperative, are collaborating with the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge to bring renewable energy to local homes and businesses via a solar project on the refuge’s Visitor Center, which was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Dairyland has a power purchase agreement with the...
North Dakota to Challenge EPA Takeover
Posted on Apr 26, 2011 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on North Dakota to Challenge EPA Takeover
North Dakota has declared its intent to challenge the EPA’s takeover of an air quality control program at two coal-fired power plants in the state once the EPA issues its final plan by May 13 of this year. The EPA seeks to control the coal plants’ operations for compliance with the federal Regional Haze program, according to the Bismarck Tribune.
Cape Solar Project Sets Bright Example
Posted on Apr 22, 2011 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Cape Solar Project Sets Bright Example
At a press conference on April 21, Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative President Charles McLaughlin announced CVEC had awarded an 18.3-megawatt project to American Capital Energy of North Chelmsford, to be installed on capped landfills in Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Eastham, and Harwich as well as in two Vineyard towns for a total of 10 sites. The CVEC project’s role in...
Study Documents Challenge to Utilizing Renewable Energy Potential
Posted on Apr 21, 2011 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Study Documents Challenge to Utilizing Renewable Energy Potential
Rural areas have abundant opportunities for wind power and other renewable energy production. Electric coops, however, may not be able provide enough transmission lines to carry power from new renewable production facilities to many U.S. farms. Few rural coops are using renewable resources for energy, either because of technology costs, disadvantageous tax issues or problems with...
Chevron Begins Operations of New Solar Field
Posted on Apr 20, 2011 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Chevron Begins Operations of New Solar Field
Chevron Mining has begun the operations of a solar field located in New Mexico. The company installed concentrating photovoltaic technology, which uses lenses to collect and focus direct sunlight onto layers of high efficiency cells on the site of Chevron’s molybdenum mine in Questa, New Mexico. Read more about the solar field’s technology, including 173 solar trackers, here.
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