North Dakota Co-Ops Receive $1.5B for Renewable Infrastructure
Posted on Jan 24, 2025 in Press Release | Comments Off on North Dakota Co-Ops Receive $1.5B for Renewable Infrastructure
Great River Energy and Basin Electric Cooperative in North Dakota received over $1.5 billion from the USDA’s New ERA program. Great River Energy will use $794 million to procure 1,275 megawatts of renewable energy, creating over 1,600 jobs and emissions by over 5.49 million tons annually. Basin Electric will use $775 million to enhance renewable energy assets, creating jobs and...
FERC Rejects Basin Electric’s Proposal for Special Crypto Mining Rate Schedules
Posted on Aug 26, 2024 in Press Release | Comments Off on FERC Rejects Basin Electric’s Proposal for Special Crypto Mining Rate Schedules
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s proposal to create separate rate schedules for cryptocurrency operations, stating Basin failed to show that these operations posed more risk than other large energy loads. Basin argued that crypto mining could lead to stranded assets due to its transient nature, but FERC found insufficient...
Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station Receives DOE Funding for Carbon Capture Study
Posted on Apr 5, 2024 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station Receives DOE Funding for Carbon Capture Study
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations awarded $4.6 million in funding to Membrane Technology Research and Carbon Capture to develop a design study for an integrated carbon capture and storage project at Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork Station in Wyoming. The project aims to capture, compress and store onsite 3 million tons of CO2 per year,...
Dairyland Power Cooperative, Minnesota Power, and Basin Electric Cooperative Receive Second RUS Approval for Nemadji Trail Energy Center Project
Posted on Dec 22, 2023 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Dairyland Power Cooperative, Minnesota Power, and Basin Electric Cooperative Receive Second RUS Approval for Nemadji Trail Energy Center Project
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has again issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) project, a 625-MW combined-cycle natural gas facility along with a 345-kilovolt transmission line, relocation of an existing gas pipeline, and construction of a new gas pipeline to tap an existing gas supply network,...
Basin Electric Power Cooperative Appoints Brickhouse as CEO and General Manager
Posted on Dec 15, 2023 in Press Release | Comments Off on Basin Electric Power Cooperative Appoints Brickhouse as CEO and General Manager
The board of Basin Electric Power Cooperative has appointed Todd Brickhouse as the new CEO and general manager, following his interim role since July. Brickhouse, who initially joined as Senior Vice President and CFO in June 2022, brings 21 years of experience from Old Dominion Electric Cooperative. Basin Electric, based in Bismarck, serves 141 member rural electric systems across nine...
Groundbreaking on Basin Electric Power Cooperative Carbon Capture Partnership
Posted on Jun 1, 2023 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Groundbreaking on Basin Electric Power Cooperative Carbon Capture Partnership
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries joined with state officials in Gillette, Wyoming to break ground on two facilities designed to use carbon captured at Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station. The facilities will be the largest non-solvent-based capture plant in the world and will collect the flue gas produced by the 405-megawatt station,...
Basin Electric Power Cooperative to Purchase Generating Capacity from Technology Group Wartsila to Ensure Reliability and Expand Offerings
Posted on Jan 26, 2023 in Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on Basin Electric Power Cooperative to Purchase Generating Capacity from Technology Group Wartsila to Ensure Reliability and Expand Offerings
The Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) will acquire generation balancing capacity through the Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV power plant owned by technology group Wartsila. The six 50SG gas engines have a combined output of 108 megawatts, balancing Basin’s generation from variable renewable resources.
North Dakota Generation and Transmission Cooperative’s Battery Rate Delivers Member Savings, Technology
Posted on Jan 20, 2023 in Battery, Energy Storage, Generation & Transmission | Comments Off on North Dakota Generation and Transmission Cooperative’s Battery Rate Delivers Member Savings, Technology
In 2020, Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) incorporated a member-owned trial battery rate into its rate schedule to permit its all-requirements contract members to test energy storage technology to reduce peak demand costs. The rate provision allows for up to 150 kilowatts of battery storage per distribution cooperative, and allows the cooperatives to decide when to charge and...
Basin Electric Power Cooperative Announced Power Purchase Agreement with ENGIE North America for 200 Megawatts of Wind Energy
Posted on Dec 15, 2022 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Basin Electric Power Cooperative Announced Power Purchase Agreement with ENGIE North America for 200 Megawatts of Wind Energy
Basin Electric Power Cooperative announced a twenty-five year, 200 megawatt power purchase agreement with ENGIE North America’s North Bend Wind facility in South Dakota, expected to come online in late 2023. The North Bend facility will power 73,000 homes and reduce the region’s carbon emissions by 620,000 tonnes per year.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative Seeks to Expand Natural Gas Generation
Posted on Dec 13, 2022 in Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on Basin Electric Power Cooperative Seeks to Expand Natural Gas Generation
In part to respond to a growing data center industry in McKenzie County, North Dakota, Basin Electric Power Cooperative has sought state approval to build Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV, an expansion of their existing 242 megawatt natural gas-fired facility. The $670 million project would increase the facility’s capacity by 141%.
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