Electric Cooperative to Construct Five New Solar Projects
Posted on Oct 26, 2022 in Project Development | Comments Off on Electric Cooperative to Construct Five New Solar Projects
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative plans to construct five new solar projects as part of its effort to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
AWS Expansion in Northern Virginia Set to House NOVEC Substation
Posted on Oct 18, 2022 in Project Development | Comments Off on AWS Expansion in Northern Virginia Set to House NOVEC Substation
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning three data centers in Northern Virginia southwest of Dulles International Airport. The site will be served by a substation from Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC).
Basin Electric to Purchase Interest in NTEC
Posted on Sep 29, 2021 in Project Development | Comments Off on Basin Electric to Purchase Interest in NTEC
ALLETE, Inc. announced that it is selling a portion of its ownership stake in the planned Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) to Basin Electric Power Cooperative. NTEC is a proposed combined-cycle, natural gas power plant to be built in Superior, Wisconsin, and is expected to be capable of delivering approximately 600 MW.
Minnesota Court Affirms Natural Gas Power Plant
Posted on Aug 25, 2021 in Litigation, Project Development | Comments Off on Minnesota Court Affirms Natural Gas Power Plant
The Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s 2019 approval of the Nemadji Trail Energy Center, a project developed by Dairyland Power Cooperative and Minnesota Power.
Tennessee Valley Authority to Build Kentucky’s Largest Solar Site
Posted on Mar 30, 2021 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tennessee Valley Authority to Build Kentucky’s Largest Solar Site
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced plans last Thursday to build the largest solar-plus-storage project in its Kentucky service area. The new Logan County solar farm, part of the TVA’s Green Invest program, will provide Facebook’s regional data center operations with 145 megawatts of solar power and General Motors’ Corvette Plant in Bowling Green with 28...
Hoosier Energy and Capital Dynamics Sign 150 MW Solar Energy Power Purchase Agreement
Posted on Feb 22, 2021 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Hoosier Energy and Capital Dynamics Sign 150 MW Solar Energy Power Purchase Agreement
Capital Dynamics CEI, the Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business line of Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, and Hoosier Energy recently announced the signing of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Under the terms of the PPA, Hoosier Energy will purchase 150 MW of the power generated by the Ratts 2 Solar Project, a CEI-owned greenfield...
Iowa Coop Receives REDLG Loan to Assist Local Business Expansion
Posted on Jan 29, 2021 in Financing, Project Development | Comments Off on Iowa Coop Receives REDLG Loan to Assist Local Business Expansion
Pella Cooperative Electric Association, an Iowa electric cooperative, and Co-Line Welding, Inc. successfully secured a $1 million loan through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program to assist with a $6,675,000 building expansion for Co-Line, a metal fabrication and manufacturing business and a member of Pella...
South Carolina Coop to Add Solar Energy to Resource Portfolio
Posted on Nov 12, 2020 in Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on South Carolina Coop to Add Solar Energy to Resource Portfolio
Central Electric Power Cooperative, a South Carolina electric cooperative, recently announced intention to obtain as much as 363 MW of solar generating capacity through power purchase agreements with independent solar developers. Central Electric Power Cooperative is coordinating with Santee Cooper in a joint request for proposals to procure up to 500 MW of solar generation capacity,...
Pedernales Electric Cooperative Signs 100-MW PPA on Texas Wind Project
Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Pedernales Electric Cooperative Signs 100-MW PPA on Texas Wind Project
EDF Renewables North America and Pedernales Electric Cooperative, the largest distribution electric cooperative in the United States, signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 100-MW share of King Creek 1 Wind Project. The project will consist of 47 wind turbine generators and construction is expected to start by the end of 2020. The project will create approximately 300...
Basin Electric’s Carbon Storage Study Moves on to Geophysical Survey
Posted on Aug 26, 2020 in Climate Change, Environmental, Project Development | Comments Off on Basin Electric’s Carbon Storage Study Moves on to Geophysical Survey
Work toward a commercial-scale geological carbon dioxide storage complex near Gillette, Wyoming moved to the next stage today with a geophysical survey covering about 9 square miles of rural land around Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s (Basin) Dry Fork Station power plant. Basin and other partners are working to develop a site near Dry Fork Station and the Wyoming Integrated Test...
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