NRECA Urges Congress to Give Coops Direct-Pay Incentives for Clean Energy
Posted on May 24, 2021 in Climate Change, Legislative & Politics, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on NRECA Urges Congress to Give Coops Direct-Pay Incentives for Clean Energy
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is urging congressional leaders to provide electric cooperatives with direct payments to develop clean energy projects, which would give coops incentives comparable to the tax breaks granted to investor-owned utilities. For-profit utilities have long received federal tax breaks for providing power from solar, wind and other...
Iowa Cooperative Announces Plans for Solar Farm
Posted on Apr 27, 2021 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Iowa Cooperative Announces Plans for Solar Farm
Central Iowa Power Cooperative has announced plans for a huge solar farm in eastern Iowa. The project will deliver 100 megawatts of power starting in 2022.
Vermont Electric Cooperative Pledges To Be Carbon-free by 2023
Posted on Apr 12, 2021 in Climate Change, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Vermont Electric Cooperative Pledges To Be Carbon-free by 2023
Vermont Electric Cooperative, Vermont’s largest member-owned electric utility, has pledged to move to a 100% carbon-free power supply by 2023. The electric cooperative said the carbon-free decision was made by the board of directors to reflect customer demand for clean energy and to meet state goals to fight climate change. The coop serves about 32,000 members in 75 communities in...
Colorado Coop’s Empower Program Helps Make Energy Efficiency Affordable
Posted on Apr 5, 2021 in Financing, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Colorado Coop’s Empower Program Helps Make Energy Efficiency Affordable
An electric cooperative in Colorado is bundling its energy-efficiency programs and many of its consumer services under a single brand and making them available to those working or living near its service territory. Specifically, San Isabel Electric Association’s Empower Program aims to identify qualified contractors and suppliers of proven products and helps find ways to finance...
Cobb EMC Announces 2030 Clean Energy Goals
Posted on Mar 30, 2021 in Battery, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Cobb EMC Announces 2030 Clean Energy Goals
Over the last decade, Cobb EMC has been investing in smart, renewable energy technology for its members and is on schedule to attain its clean energy goals by 2030. The installation of rooftop solar panels on campus, the completion of a Solar Flower Garden, the activation of battery storage, and additional utility-scale solar later this year are all keeping Cobb EMC’s sustainability...
Tennessee Valley Authority to Build Kentucky’s Largest Solar Site
Posted on Mar 30, 2021 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tennessee Valley Authority to Build Kentucky’s Largest Solar Site
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced plans last Thursday to build the largest solar-plus-storage project in its Kentucky service area. The new Logan County solar farm, part of the TVA’s Green Invest program, will provide Facebook’s regional data center operations with 145 megawatts of solar power and General Motors’ Corvette Plant in Bowling Green with 28...
Hoosier Energy and Capital Dynamics Sign 150 MW Solar Energy Power Purchase Agreement
Posted on Feb 22, 2021 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Hoosier Energy and Capital Dynamics Sign 150 MW Solar Energy Power Purchase Agreement
Capital Dynamics CEI, the Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business line of Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, and Hoosier Energy recently announced the signing of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Under the terms of the PPA, Hoosier Energy will purchase 150 MW of the power generated by the Ratts 2 Solar Project, a CEI-owned greenfield...
SEEM Members Submit Filing for Proposed Advanced Bilateral Market Platform
Posted on Feb 15, 2021 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on SEEM Members Submit Filing for Proposed Advanced Bilateral Market Platform
The Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) members recently filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the approval of an automated, intra-hour energy exchange that aims to lower costs to customers and optimize renewable energy resources. The new SEEM platform will facilitate sub-hourly, bilateral trading, allowing participants to buy and sell power close to the time the...
Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm Achieved Commercial Operation; Dairyland Power Cooperative the Offtaker
Posted on Jan 19, 2021 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm Achieved Commercial Operation; Dairyland Power Cooperative the Offtaker
Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm, a 56-wind turbine facility located in Deuel County, South Dakota, achieved commercial operation on January 5, 2021. Dairyland Power Cooperative has a power purchase agreement with Tatanka Ridge Wind, LLC, for 51.6 MW of renewable energy. Dairyland’s portion of Tatanka Ridge’s output will deliver enough renewable energy to power approximately 16,000...
Microgrid Being Planned Near Aspen, Colorado
Posted on Jan 7, 2021 in Grid & Infrastructure, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Microgrid Being Planned Near Aspen, Colorado
Electric cooperative Holy Cross Energy, the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, and Pitkin County representatives are conducting a feasibility study for a local, renewable energy microgrid. The proposed microgrid would connect the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport with neighboring public facilities and would be incorporated into the existing infrastructure of Holy Cross Energy.
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