By the time an Alaskan electric cooperative finishes expanding its award-winning wind facility next summer, it will be able to claim that almost all of its power is green. Kodiak Electric Association, Kodiak, wants to double the size of its existing three-turbine 4.5-megawatt farm, the first utility-scale project of its kind in Alaska, and is accepting bids from contractors. The co-op is also pursuing a battery energy system to integrate output onto the grid. When combined with hydropower from ...

It’s been less than a year since Park Plaza manufactured-home community became one of the first few cooperatives of its kind in the state, but members are working hard to make the place that they live—and own—a better place. Board of Directors President Natividad Seefeld, who last February was one of the board members to sign papers to buy the manufactured-home community, has been instrumental throughout the process, and now is at the lead as the board continues to make changes to better ...

Hawaii’s only electric cooperative has announced plans to build the largest photovoltaic project in the state, as it pursues its goal of using renewables to meet half of its electricity demand. Kauai Island Utility Cooperative wants to develop 10 megawatts of solar generation capacity. The Lihue-based co-op is seeking approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service to reallocate financing previously approved for a fossil fuel project.