Minnesota Coop Planning New Community Solar Garden
Posted on Apr 28, 2014 in Energy Savings Programs, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Minnesota Coop Planning New Community Solar Garden
Connexus Energy (Connexus), a distribution cooperative based in Ramsey, Minnesota, is planning to develop a community solar garden consisting of 792 panels with an output of 245 kW. Connexus customers will be given an opportunity to invest in financing the project in exchange for a proportional share of the output for 20 years. Click here for more.
SMECO to Add More Solar
Posted on Apr 28, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on SMECO to Add More Solar
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) will add 10 MW of solar power to its portfolio through a new power purchase agreement with Colorado-based solar developer Juwi Solar Inc. SMECO has agreed to buy all of the output from a new solar facility to be located within SMECO’s service territory in Waldorf, Maryland. Click here for more.
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.
NRECA Reports Coop Renewable Capacity Has Doubled in Past Five Years
Posted on Apr 21, 2014 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on NRECA Reports Coop Renewable Capacity Has Doubled in Past Five Years
Coops’ renewable energy capacity has increased to 5.9 GW as of early 2014, which is in addition to the 10 GW that coops purchase from federal hydropower facilities. Click here for more data from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).
Dairyland Receives White House Invitation
Posted on Apr 17, 2014 in Legislative & Politics, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Dairyland Receives White House Invitation
Nominated by the Rural Utilities Service, officials of Dairyland Power Cooperative will head to the White House for recognition of the coop’s ongoing efforts to promote and develop renewable energy projects. Approximately 13 percent of Dairyland’s energy resources are comprised of renewable sources, which exceeds state renewable energy requirements. Read more 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...
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...
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