Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative Hires New Data Management Company
Posted on Jun 10, 2011 in Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative Hires New Data Management Company
The coop announced that it has chosen DataFlux to set up a coop-wide data management initiative. The goal of the initiative is to organize data in a way that improves the accuracy of the coop’s forecasting models. See BusinessWire for more.
Old Dominion Introduces AC Cycling Program
Posted on May 5, 2011 in Energy Savings Programs, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Old Dominion Introduces AC Cycling Program
Beginning in 2012, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (Old Dominion) will offer an air-conditioner cycling pilot program to its 11 members in an effort to promote and manage demand-response activities. The project will run through May 2015 and provide incentive payments to participants during times of peak demand, at which time Old Dominion will cycle the customers’ air-conditioners....
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.
Coop Manager Sees Pay-As-You-Go Power On The Horizon
Posted on Apr 19, 2011 in Energy Savings Programs, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Coop Manager Sees Pay-As-You-Go Power On The Horizon
According to Covington Electric Cooperative (CEC) general manager Ed Short, pay-as-you-go energy consumption may be coming to consumers in the foreseeable future. In his speech to CEC members at their annual meeting last Thursday, Short said a new meter-reading system is currently being installed to save operating costs and provide members with information they’ll need to manage energy...
Proposed Plant Would Convert Methane to Electricity
Posted on Apr 19, 2011 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development | Comments Off on Proposed Plant Would Convert Methane to Electricity
Hoosier Energy, a coop in Indiana, plans to build a plant in the western region of the state that would turn methane extracted from the region’s coal bed into electricity. The project would generate 13 MW of power – enough to power roughly 7,000 homes. Hoosier spokesman Rick More said the plant’s cost is still being calculated. The plant is expected to go online in July 2012 and...
Ten Electric Cooperatives Awarded Funding for Transmission, Distribution and Smart Grid Improvements
Posted on Apr 6, 2011 in Energy Savings Programs, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Ten Electric Cooperatives Awarded Funding for Transmission, Distribution and Smart Grid Improvements
According to a USDA news release, the $376 million awarded as loans to coops will promote efficiency and improve reliability for more than 20,000 coop customers. The loans include almost $14 million for smart grid technologies.
Coop and Broadband Team Up in New Mexico
Posted on Mar 30, 2011 in Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development | Comments Off on Coop and Broadband Team Up in New Mexico
As part of a growing business trend around the country that has rural electric cooperatives teaming up with telecommunication companies, Socorro Electric Cooperative agreed to lease property and negotiate for the lease of FCC channel frequencies to Trans World Network (TWN), a move that will expand reliable telecommunication service to Socorro’s customers as well as improve its...
NRECA MultiSpeak Initiative Gains Another Vendor
Posted on Mar 29, 2011 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA MultiSpeak Initiative Gains Another Vendor
In a press release today, Utility, Inc. announced it has become a vendor member of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) MultiSpeak Initiative, a collaborative effort to expand a software standard in interoperability mechanisms as adopted by electric utilities. Rural electric coops nationwide already use Utility, Inc.’s products, which allow industry...
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