Enel Starts Construction of Oklahoma Wind Farm
Posted on Jan 19, 2016 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Enel Starts Construction of Oklahoma Wind Farm
Enel Green Power North America Inc. has started construction of the $180 million Drift Sand project in Grady County, Oklahoma. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year and electricity from the project will go to Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. under a long-term power-purchase agreement.
Construction to Begin at Silicon Ranch Solar Energy Plant in Georgia
Posted on Jan 14, 2016 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Construction to Begin at Silicon Ranch Solar Energy Plant in Georgia
Construction on Silicon Ranch’s new 52 MWac solar energy plant is set to begin on February 1. Once completed, the plant will occupy approximately 450 acres, employ more than 200 workers and will harness enough solar energy to power the homes of approximately 8,500 of Green Power EMC’s members.
Vermont Coop Working with Major State Industry to Promote Electric Technology
Posted on Jan 6, 2016 in Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Vermont Coop Working with Major State Industry to Promote Electric Technology
Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEP), a Vermont cooperative with 35,000 members, including 400 maple syrup producers, has partnered with Dominion & Grim, a Canadian company, to promote to sugar makers a new electric evaporator called ECOVAP. VEP will offer incentives for the sugar makers to switch to ECOVAP and, in turn, VEP will receive carbon credits for the program.
Georgia EMC Adds Solar Power Facility
Posted on Dec 18, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Georgia EMC Adds Solar Power Facility
Green Power EMC of Georgia (Green Power) has entered into a 25-year power purchase contract with Silicon Ranch Corporation (Silicon Ranch). Under the contract Green Power will purchase the full output of a Silicon Ranch solar project located in Jeff Davis County, Georgia. The Solar Project, which occupies 135 acres of land, contains 187,000 solar panels and is expected to produce...
Electric Cooperative Inks Agreement for Solar Projects with German Solar Integrator
Posted on Dec 9, 2015 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Electric Cooperative Inks Agreement for Solar Projects with German Solar Integrator
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative has contracted with German-based Phoenix Solar AG for the construction by Phoenix Solar of 19 photovoltaic facilities, located mostly in Oklahoma, totaling approximately 26.6 MW (DC) in the aggregate.
Congress Votes against EPA Clean Power Plan
Posted on Dec 9, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Congress Votes against EPA Clean Power Plan
The House and Senate each approved resolutions of disapproval regarding the EPA Clean Power Plan. The President is expected to veto the resolutions. The Clean Power Plan becomes law December 22, 2015.
Regulators Give Kentucky G&T Go-Ahead to Purchase Power Plant
Posted on Dec 8, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Regulators Give Kentucky G&T Go-Ahead to Purchase Power Plant
Kentucky regulators have decided that East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. can purchase a gas-fired plant located in La Grange, Kentucky. The plant includes three natural gas combustion turbines, each with a maximum output of 198 MWs. The units are simple-cycle, meaning that there is no conversion of waste heat into steam to drive a secondary electric generator.
Solar Energy to be Added in Virginia
Posted on Dec 1, 2015 in Environmental, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Solar Energy to be Added in Virginia
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (Old Dominion) has signed a deal that will bring 30 MW of solar energy to its member coops in three states. Old Dominion will buy the output from two projects in Virginia being developed by Hecate Energy of Nashville, Tennessee.
U.S. Senate Passes Resolutions to Repeal Clean Power Plan
Posted on Nov 19, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on U.S. Senate Passes Resolutions to Repeal Clean Power Plan
The United States Senate has approved two resolutions that express formal congressional disapproval of two rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency limiting carbon emissions from new and existing power plants, including the controversial Clean Power Plan. The White House has threatened to veto the resolutions in recent policy statements.
Arctic Alaska Has Received a Cold Weather Energy Storage System
Posted on Nov 18, 2015 in Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Arctic Alaska Has Received a Cold Weather Energy Storage System
Kotzebue Electric Association, an electric cooperative based in Kotzebue, Alaska, has installed a Saft Intensium Max+ 20M battery at its hybrid wind-diesel power system to provide cleaner, more reliable and less expensive power to Kotzebue whose annual average temperature is 22°F.
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