SMECO Plans Another Solar Project
Posted on Apr 17, 2014 in Financing, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on SMECO Plans Another Solar Project
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) recently announced a new 20-year power purchase agreement under which it will purchase the full output of the planned 10-MW Rockfish Solar Facility. As it did with several previous projects, SMECO teamed up with the National Renewables Cooperative Organization to request project proposals and evaluate bidders. Click here for more...
EKPC to Deactivate Coal Plant
Posted on Apr 14, 2014 in Environmental, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on EKPC to Deactivate Coal Plant
East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC), a Kentucky generation and transmission cooperative, has announced its plans to deactivate one of its coal plants over the next year. None of the plant’s four coal-fired units currently meets the requirements imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule, and the changes required to bring them into...
EKPC to Purchase Methane for Power Generation
Posted on Apr 14, 2014 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on EKPC to Purchase Methane for Power Generation
A landfill near Glasgow, Kentucky, is leasing land and selling methane gas to East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC). The coop plans to construct a power generation facility that will use the methane to generate enough energy to power approximately 500 homes. The facility is being developed and constructed with a combination of grants from state and local programs as well as a loan...
Bipartisan Support Builds for Size and Flexibility of RUS Lending Program
Posted on Apr 7, 2014 in Financing, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Bipartisan Support Builds for Size and Flexibility of RUS Lending Program
One hundred sixty-nine House members—89 Republicans and 80 Democrats—have voiced their support for the Obama Administration’s proposal to set funding of the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Electric Loan Program at $5 billion for fiscal year 2015. However, they have also asked that the House agriculture appropriations subcommittee reject the Administration’s proposal to earmark as much...
Vermont Net Metering Frees Customers to Install Solar Panels
Posted on Apr 2, 2014 in Energy Savings Programs, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Vermont Net Metering Frees Customers to Install Solar Panels
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin recently signed a new law that should help free customers of the state’s electric utilities and allow them to install solar panels on their homes. Previous legislation mandated a cap on the state’s net metering program of 4% of a utility’s peak demand. The new legislation increases this cap to 15%, allowing a greater number of Vermont customers access...
Coops Collectively Investing in 517-kW Solar Project
Posted on Mar 25, 2014 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coops Collectively Investing in 517-kW Solar Project
Four electric utility coops in the Midwest will become joint owners of a 517-kW solar project developed by Dragonfly Solar, a commercial solar developer based in Lakeville, Minnesota, and SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer. This is the first U.S. solar project to be jointly owned and developed by utility coops. For more details and to see which four coops are involved,...
Coop to Develop Largest Solar Array in Kansas
Posted on Mar 18, 2014 in Climate Change, Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop to Develop Largest Solar Array in Kansas
Midwest Energy, a rural electric coop in Hays, Kansas, and Boulder, Colorado-based Clean Energy Collective are collaborating on the development of a 1-MW solar installation to be spread throughout 41 counties in central and western Kansas. Coop members will be able to invest in a share of this community-owned solar project which will provide energy to Midwest. For more information on...
Dairyland Adding Commercial Solar Project
Posted on Mar 13, 2014 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Dairyland Adding Commercial Solar Project
Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland), based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, has signed an agreement with Clean Energy Collective to purchase renewable energy produced by a planned 520-kW solar installation. The new solar facility, located in Westby, Wisconsin, will be developed, owned and managed by Clean Energy Collective. This project, along with Dairyland’s first commercial solar...
Illinois Coop Launches New Solar Facility
Posted on Mar 11, 2014 in Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Illinois Coop Launches New Solar Facility
Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative recently opened a new 500-kW solar facility. Consisting of 2,223 panels across four acres, the solar farm is the first utility-scale photovoltaic facility run by a cooperative in the state. Of the project’s $1.8 million total cost, over $900,000 came from federal and state grants, given through the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for...
DOE and NRECA Name 2013 Wind Coops of the Year
Posted on Mar 9, 2014 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on DOE and NRECA Name 2013 Wind Coops of the Year
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) named Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and the Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative as the 2013 Wind Cooperatives of the Year. For more information on the significant contributions these coops made to the wind energy industry, see the DOE’s press release.
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