Massachusetts Solar Projects Resume After Work Stoppage
Posted on Apr 24, 2014 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Massachusetts Solar Projects Resume After Work Stoppage
The Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative (CVEC) has resumed construction of its Photovoltaic (PV) Initiative solar projects after a work stoppage in January. CVEC anticipates that the projects will generate approximately 28 MW of solar power by the end of this year. The Martha’s Vineyard Times has the full story.
Alabama Coop to Partner in New Landfill Gas Facility
Posted on Apr 23, 2014 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Alabama Coop to Partner in New Landfill Gas Facility
Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative in Alabama has partnered with the Tennessee Valley Authority, Energy Development, and Republic Waste on a landfill gas facility outside of Collinsville, Alabama. To read more about this story, click here.
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...
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...
North Dakota Sees Rapid Electric Coop Growth
Posted on Apr 1, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on North Dakota Sees Rapid Electric Coop Growth
North Dakota’s rural economic development is being sparked by the state’s oil and gas boom, which is benefiting electric coops. The Public Service Commission in the state has now approved two additional units for a Basin Electric Power Cooperative power plant. These two units will add 90 MW of capacity by late 2014, a much needed step towards keeping up with the unprecedented load...
ODEC Receives Approval for 1,000-MW Natural Gas-Fired Plant
Posted on Mar 27, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on ODEC Receives Approval for 1,000-MW Natural Gas-Fired Plant
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC), a Virginia-based G&T, obtained approval from the Maryland Public Service Commission for its planned 1,000-MW natural gas-fired plant to be built in Cecil County, Maryland. The project, known as the Wildcat Point plant, is expected to come online by June 2017 and will be built next to the existing Rock Springs generating facility in Rising...
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,...
Electric Coops Seek FCC Funding for Broadband Projects
Posted on Mar 20, 2014 in Financing, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development | Comments Off on Electric Coops Seek FCC Funding for Broadband Projects
More than 100 electric cooperatives, sparked by an initial inquiry by Michigan-based Midwest Energy, have filed an “expression of interest” with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), indicating that they are interested in receiving aid through the Connect America Fund to build broadband projects in their communities. Seventy-three percent of the 20 million Americans without...
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...
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