Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and EDF Renewables Partner on Solar
Posted on Aug 2, 2019 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and EDF Renewables Partner on Solar
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) and EDF Renewables North America have agreed to develop and build a 30 MW portfolio of distributed solar projects in ODEC service territories. The projects, which will cover 10-12 sites, are expected to be online in 2020 or...
Pricey Insurance Provision Repealed by House
Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Project Development, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Pricey Insurance Provision Repealed by House
The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday in a bipartisan effort to repeal the “Cadillac Tax” provision of the Affordable Care Act. The provision, which taxed some employer-sponsored health care plans with a 40% surcharge, was panned by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association for unfairly affecting coops due to higher rural health care...
Dairyland Expands Wind Portfolio with Avangrid PPA
Posted on May 29, 2019 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Dairyland Expands Wind Portfolio with Avangrid PPA
Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland) and Avangrid Renewables, LLC (Avangrid) have entered a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for renewable energy produced by the Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm. The 52 MW of power should support around 16,000 of Dairyland’s members, and the broader wind project is expected to generate upwards of $1.7 million dollars in local economic benefits...
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. to Purchase 236.5 MW of Wind Power from Enel Green Power
Posted on May 17, 2019 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. to Purchase 236.5 MW of Wind Power from Enel Green Power
Enel Green Power’s new Missouri wind farm, set for construction in the second half of 2019, will provide all of its power to Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. The new power purchase agreement expands Associated’s portfolio of contracted wind sources to...
Tenaska Closes Financing for Missouri Wind Project
Posted on Apr 22, 2019 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tenaska Closes Financing for Missouri Wind Project
Tenaska recently closed on $302 million of financing for the development of a 242 MW wind project to deliver power to Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. The project is expected to enter commercial operation in late 2019 and will provide new jobs in the Northwestern Missouri...
Cooperative Announces Solar Energy Facility in Wisconsin
Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Cooperative Announces Solar Energy Facility in Wisconsin
Dairyland Power Cooperative has finalized a power purchase agreement with Ranger Power to purchase the entire output of the proposed 149 megawatt Badger State Solar Project which will be located in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. If approved, construction of Badger State Solar is anticipated to begin in 2020 with commercial operation commencing in 2022. “Dairyland is excited to...
Arkansas Coop Partners with Municipality to Install Solar Project and Utility-Scale Energy Storage
Posted on Mar 8, 2019 in Climate Change, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Arkansas Coop Partners with Municipality to Install Solar Project and Utility-Scale Energy Storage
Ozarks Electric Cooperative and Today’s Power, Inc. are collaborating with the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas on the state’s largest solar power project to operate on municipal land and the only one in the state with onsite utility-scale energy storage.
Juhl Energy Developing Solar-Wind Hybrid Project for Cooperative
Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Juhl Energy Developing Solar-Wind Hybrid Project for Cooperative
Juhl Energy is developing a 2.0 MW solar-wind hybrid power generation project to provide low-cost, locally generated energy to the Lake Region Electric Cooperative of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. “This unique renewable energy project will provide a tremendous amount of value to the local community. The cost savings from purchasing the hybrid project’s energy will help provide...
East Kentucky Power Cooperative works with Nucor Corp. to expand Kentucky Steel Mill
Posted on Sep 10, 2018 in Project Development, Reliability | Comments Off on East Kentucky Power Cooperative works with Nucor Corp. to expand Kentucky Steel Mill
Nucor Corp. recently announced its plans to move forward with a $650 million, 70-job expansion at its still mill near Ghent, Kentucky. East Kentucky Power Cooperative worked closely with Nucor officials to support the phase II expansion of the steel mill. This second phase of the project will increase the mill’s annual capacity from 1.6 million tons of coiled sheet steel to...
Connexus Energy Breaks Ground on Solar-Plus-Storage Projects
Posted on Aug 9, 2018 in Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Reliability, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Connexus Energy Breaks Ground on Solar-Plus-Storage Projects
Connexus Energy, a member-owned electric cooperative in Minnesota, is breaking ground on two solar-plus-storage projects in the state. The combined 25 MW projects are expected to cost $31 million and save $4 million annually through peak load...
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