Construction to Begin at Silicon Ranch Solar Energy Plant in Georgia
Posted on Jan 14, 2016 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Construction to Begin at Silicon Ranch Solar Energy Plant in Georgia
Construction on Silicon Ranch’s new 52 MWac solar energy plant is set to begin on February 1. Once completed, the plant will occupy approximately 450 acres, employ more than 200 workers and will harness enough solar energy to power the homes of approximately 8,500 of Green Power EMC’s members.
Vermont Coop Working with Major State Industry to Promote Electric Technology
Posted on Jan 6, 2016 in Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Vermont Coop Working with Major State Industry to Promote Electric Technology
Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEP), a Vermont cooperative with 35,000 members, including 400 maple syrup producers, has partnered with Dominion & Grim, a Canadian company, to promote to sugar makers a new electric evaporator called ECOVAP. VEP will offer incentives for the sugar makers to switch to ECOVAP and, in turn, VEP will receive carbon credits for the program.
Georgia EMC Adds Solar Power Facility
Posted on Dec 18, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Georgia EMC Adds Solar Power Facility
Green Power EMC of Georgia (Green Power) has entered into a 25-year power purchase contract with Silicon Ranch Corporation (Silicon Ranch). Under the contract Green Power will purchase the full output of a Silicon Ranch solar project located in Jeff Davis County, Georgia. The Solar Project, which occupies 135 acres of land, contains 187,000 solar panels and is expected to produce...
Regulators Give Kentucky G&T Go-Ahead to Purchase Power Plant
Posted on Dec 8, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Regulators Give Kentucky G&T Go-Ahead to Purchase Power Plant
Kentucky regulators have decided that East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. can purchase a gas-fired plant located in La Grange, Kentucky. The plant includes three natural gas combustion turbines, each with a maximum output of 198 MWs. The units are simple-cycle, meaning that there is no conversion of waste heat into steam to drive a secondary electric generator.
Arctic Alaska Has Received a Cold Weather Energy Storage System
Posted on Nov 18, 2015 in Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Arctic Alaska Has Received a Cold Weather Energy Storage System
Kotzebue Electric Association, an electric cooperative based in Kotzebue, Alaska, has installed a Saft Intensium Max+ 20M battery at its hybrid wind-diesel power system to provide cleaner, more reliable and less expensive power to Kotzebue whose annual average temperature is 22°F.
Arizona Corporation Commission Takes Incinerator Fight to State Supreme Court
Posted on Nov 5, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Arizona Corporation Commission Takes Incinerator Fight to State Supreme Court
A dispute between the Sierra Club and the Arizona Corporation Commission has reached the Supreme Court of Arizona. The dispute hinges on state utility regulators’ decision to allow a utility to generate electricity from burning garbage and call it a “renewable resource.” That utility—Mohave Electric Cooperative—had put forward a proposal to meet part of its renewable energy mandate...
Arkansas Electric Joins in Cyber Attack Prevention Research
Posted on Oct 12, 2015 in Grid & Infrastructure, Reliability, Technology | Comments Off on Arkansas Electric Joins in Cyber Attack Prevention Research
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (Arkansas Electric) has teamed up with researchers from five universities in an effort to ensure increased security for the nation’s electric power grid. Arkansas Electric will serve as an industry partner to researchers working in conjunction with the Department of Energy Center for Securing Electric Energy Delivery Systems.
Solar Shortages Threaten Cooperative Utility Projects
Posted on Oct 8, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Solar Shortages Threaten Cooperative Utility Projects
Shortages of solar panel equipment are expected in 2016, with lead times of up to six months for larger orders. Dan Danley, contract technical liaison with NRECA’s Business and Technology Strategies unit, has been warning utilities to plan ahead to avoid solar project delays. The projected shortages are the result of increased demand for solar equipment driven in part by a 30 percent...
Appalachian Electric Cooperative Set to Begin New Solar Project in Fall
Posted on Oct 2, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Appalachian Electric Cooperative Set to Begin New Solar Project in Fall
Appalachian Electric Cooperative is set to begin construction of a new 1.373-megawatt “community solar” facility this fall. The facility will include 9,468 photovoltaic cells that will generate enough renewable electricity to power approximately 115 homes for an entire year. The new project will be funded in part by a grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority and is one of only two...
Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative Signs PPA with SolarCity for Battery-Stored Solar Power
Posted on Sep 11, 2015 in Innovation/Efficiency, Reliability, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative Signs PPA with SolarCity for Battery-Stored Solar Power
Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has agreed to purchase electricity from SolarCity’s proposed 52-MWh battery system project, believed to be the first utility-scale system in the U.S. capable of dispatching stored solar power. The project, when completed, will provide 13 megawatts of solar power to the grid in the evening, when demand is highest. The power purchase agreement...
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