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Cooperative Chosen to Build Walkemeyer Project

The Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors has selected Mid-Kansas Cooperative to be the transmission owner responsible for building the new “Walkemeyer” line, a 22.6-mile, 115 kV line from Walkemeyer to North Liberal.

Tri-State Electric Breaks Ground on Research Center

Tri-State Electric has just broken ground on the Wyoming Integrated Test Center.  The Center is an industrial-scale lab that will research methods that could be used to remove carbon emissions from coal-fired plants and convert them into a revenue-producing resource.  Products made from waste carbon emissions could include chemicals, fuels, building materials and graphene.

Texas Coop to Host Distributed Community Solar

Renewable Energy Systems Distributed has entered into an agreement with Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) to construct the Pedernales Electric Community Solar Project.  This solar project will be comprised of PV projects at 15 sites owned by coop members, and each site will host up to 998 kw of solar PV.  PEC will purchase the output from each project under long-term contracts, and...

Minnkota Enters Into 35-Year Wind Power Purchase Agreement

In an effort toward compliance with anticipated federal regulations, Minnkota Power Cooperative (Minnkota) will purchase wind energy from NextEra Energy Resources 100 megawatt wind farm addition when the project begins operation in early 2017, at which point nearly 35 percent of Minnkota’s electric generation capacity will come from wind.

Cooperatives Co-Commission New Solar Field in Arkansas

Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation (OECC), Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (Aerojet) formally commissioned a 12-megawatt (AC) array in the Highland Industrial Park in Arkansas.  OECC assisted in the project by providing technical support, guidance and expertise, while Aerojet will purchase the solar power and AECC will receive any excess...

Wind Energy Strong in 2015

Data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) show that wind energy accounted for over 41 percent of generating capacity additions in 2015.  Wind energy’s growth was strongest in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and North Dakota.  But resource availability in windy states was not the only driving factor in the growth that 2015 saw, as the federal production tax credit continued to...

Coop Adds Solar Power in the Sunshine State

Seminole Electric Cooperative (Seminole), based in Tampa, Florida, will soon add 2 MWs of solar power to its generation mix.  Seminole is in the process of erecting 8,400 photovoltaic panels near a combined-cycle gas plant that it owns.  By early 2017 all nine of Seminole’s distribution cooperative members will be taking output from the solar facility.

South Mississippi Electric First to Bring Solar Power to Mississippi Gulf Coast

South Mississippi Electric cooperative has completed two solar facilities in rural Mississippi that began generating electricity in February.  The two projects in Kiln and Lucedale, Mississippi are the first to bring solar power to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Dairyland Power Announces Renewable Energy Purchase Agreements with Two Solar Developers

Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland Power) has finalized agreements with two solar developers, groSolar and SoCore Energy, to purchase over 15 MW of renewable energy from twelve new solar facilities in Wisconsin ranging between .5 MW and 2.5 MW in scale.  By building the solar facilities in separate service areas, the projects will benefit from diversified weather, distributed grid...

Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Renewable Designation for Trash Burning Plant

The Arizona Supreme Court upheld the Arizona Corporation Commission’s approval of Mohave Electric Cooperative’s (“Mohave”) plan to meet part of its renewable energy mandate through trash incineration.  Such renewable designation will allow Mohave to impose a surcharge on its 39,000 customers to cover the higher costs of alternatives to conventional energy resources.

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