Virginia Coop Partners with Utility and Broadband Company to Improve Internet Service to Rural Residents
Posted on Jul 27, 2020 in Broadband, COVID-19, Grid & Infrastructure, Technology | Comments Off on Virginia Coop Partners with Utility and Broadband Company to Improve Internet Service to Rural Residents
Northern Neck Electric Cooperative is partnering with All Points Broadband and Dominion Energy to bring fiber-optic internet service to rural Virginia residents. As more and more human interactions are taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, fast internet service is needed now more than ever. If the project is approved by the State Corporation Commission, construction...
Minnkota and Fluor Work on Carbon Capture Project
Posted on May 21, 2020 in Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on Minnkota and Fluor Work on Carbon Capture Project
Fluor Corporation has been awarded the front-end engineering and design for Minnkota Power Cooperative’s Project Tundra. Project Tundra is a carbon capture, utilization and storage retrofit project at the Milton R. Young Station in North Dakota.
Wyoming Carbon Storage Project Advances
Posted on May 7, 2020 in Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on Wyoming Carbon Storage Project Advances
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory has awarded a $15 million grant to advance carbon capture and storage technology research for preliminary work on a geological storage facility near Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork Station in Wyoming.
Illinois Coop Uses VR Technology
Posted on Mar 10, 2020 in Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on Illinois Coop Uses VR Technology
Jo-Carroll Energy, an Illinois cooperative, is now using virtual reality (VR) technology to allow its employees to virtually access substations 25 to 70 miles away from its headquarters. Specifically, engineers at Jo-Carroll Energy and its power suppliers, Dairyland Power Cooperative and Prairie Power, Inc., can now virtually access highly-detailed, accurate scans of 18 of the coop’s...
Minnesota Coops Participate in Indoor Food Production Research Initiative
Posted on Jan 30, 2020 in Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on Minnesota Coops Participate in Indoor Food Production Research Initiative
Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative (“TWEC”), a distribution electric cooperative in Minnesota, and Great River Energy, TWEC’s generation and transmission electric cooperative in Minnesota, are each collaborating with the Electricity Power Research Institute on a two-year study to provide valuable data on the electric load requirements for indoor food production containers. As part of...
Coops Work to Make EV Charging More Convenient
Posted on Nov 20, 2019 in Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Coops Work to Make EV Charging More Convenient
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative is working with Frances Renewable Energy, distribution cooperatives, investor-owned utilities and other entities across Oklahoma to develop electric vehicle (EV) charging stations within an hour’s drive, anywhere in the state, by early 2020.
Delaware Electric Cooperative Expands Solar Farm
Posted on Nov 7, 2019 in Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Delaware Electric Cooperative Expands Solar Farm
Delaware Electric Cooperative has signed an agreement that will double the size of its 23-acre Bruce Henry Solar Farm near Georgetown.
USDA Invests in Rural Broadband for Virginia Families
Posted on Nov 7, 2019 in Broadband, Technology | Comments Off on USDA Invests in Rural Broadband for Virginia Families
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it has invested nearly $3.8 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 1,250 rural households in Virginia.
VEC Provides Savings for Members
Posted on Nov 7, 2019 in Grid & Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on VEC Provides Savings for Members
Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) has saved its members $90,000 in peak capacity market costs since it started operating a utility-scale lithium-ion battery in July. The system allows VEC to discharge 400 MWhs onto the grid when it’s most needed to reduce peak capacity market costs.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Delivers Broadband Grant to Forked Deer Electric Cooperative
Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Legislative & Politics, Technology | Comments Off on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Delivers Broadband Grant to Forked Deer Electric Cooperative
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently delivered a $2.8 million grant to Forked Deer Electric Cooperative for rural broadband development. The grant is part of the ReConnect program, which began in 2018 with a $600 million budget to be disbursed for rural broadband in 2019.
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