Oklahoma Wind Farm Begins Construction
Posted on Oct 13, 2011 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Oklahoma Wind Farm Begins Construction
Enel Green Power North America Inc. and TradeWind Energy have begun construction on a 150 MW wind farm in Oklahoma in Kiowa and Washita counties. Western Farmers Electric Cooperative will purchase the power generated by the wind farm. Please visit The Oklahoman for more details.
Obama Administration Announces Plan to Fast Track the CapX2020 Transmission Project
Posted on Oct 7, 2011 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Project Development | Comments Off on Obama Administration Announces Plan to Fast Track the CapX2020 Transmission Project
The CapX2020 Project is one of the projects previously identified by the White House as essential to the modernization of the electric grid and the creation of jobs, and on Wednesday, October 6, the Administration announced plans to speed up the federal approval and permitting process. A spokesman for the CapX2020 Project sponsors, including Dairyland Power Cooperative, expressed his...
New York Law Makes Room for Rural Electric Cooperatives
Posted on Sep 29, 2011 in Legislative & Politics, Project Development | Comments Off on New York Law Makes Room for Rural Electric Cooperatives
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation that modifies the definition of “rural” and expands the geographic areas that may be served by rural electric cooperatives. The new definition conforms to the meaning adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture and lifts a restriction on rural coops to serve only customers within a city or village having a...
Solar Project Moves Forward in Maryland
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Solar Project Moves Forward in Maryland
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) is joining forces with SunEdison to develop a solar facility in Hughesville, Maryland. The National Renewables Cooperative Organization has been assisting SMECO in developing the project. The 5.5-MW AC solar farm is currently pending approval from the state’s Public Service Commission. Click here to read the full story.
Wisconsin Coop to Purchase From Seventh Methane Digester
Posted on Sep 22, 2011 in Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Wisconsin Coop to Purchase From Seventh Methane Digester
Beginning early next year, Dairyland Power Cooperative will purchase power from a new 635-kW biogas digester facility located in Augusta, Wisconsin. Eau Claire Energy Cooperative, a Dairyland member, will service the facility owned by Bush Brothers & Co. Dairyland already purchases power generated by six other digester facilities that utilize methane gas extracted from cow manure....
Coops Get Government Boost For New Projects
Posted on Sep 16, 2011 in Financing, Project Development | Comments Off on Coops Get Government Boost For New Projects
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Friday that twenty-seven rural electric cooperative utilities will receive government funding for generation and transmission projects, distribution facilities and smart grid technologies. The United State Department of Agriculture reports that these loans are expected to finance rural electric utility improvements benefiting nearly...
Wind Project Put on Hold in Massachusetts
Posted on Sep 9, 2011 in Land Use, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Wind Project Put on Hold in Massachusetts
With Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative focusing more and more of its efforts on solar projects, the town of Brewster has backed off its plan to build a wind facility with funds from the coop. The coop views solar as an increasingly competitive technology and as a solution to much of the resistance it has encountered in trying to get wind facilities built in Massachusetts. The...
Coop Reaches Deal to Buy 104 MWs of Power from the Shooting Star Wind Project
Posted on Sep 9, 2011 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Reaches Deal to Buy 104 MWs of Power from the Shooting Star Wind Project
Sunflower Electric Power Corp., a Kansas cooperative, will be able to satisfy up to 29 percent of its peak retail demand once the Shooting Star Wind Project comes on line in late 2012. The project will also provide revenue to landowners who are leasing their land to the project and approximately 250,000 hours of work for construction contractors. The Wichita Eagle has the full...
Arizona Coop’s Irrigation Efficiency Study Ramping Up
Posted on Sep 1, 2011 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Reliability | Comments Off on Arizona Coop’s Irrigation Efficiency Study Ramping Up
Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative (SSVEC) plans to send out a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a study aimed at improving the efficiency of the local irrigator industry. SSVEC will apply data collected to improve the distribution utility business and wants irrigators to give their input throughout the study process. Read more.
Pedernales Coop Commemorates Lyndon B. Johnson
Posted on Aug 30, 2011 in Land Use, Project Development | Comments Off on Pedernales Coop Commemorates Lyndon B. Johnson
On the day that would have been the former president’s 103rd birthday, the Pedernales Electric Coop unveiled an official Texas Historical Marker honoring Lyndon B. Johnson for bringing electricity to the Texas Hill Country. Johnson, who grew up in Johnson City Texas, contributed to the development of the first electric lines constructed in this area of Texas. The article can be found...
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