MADISON, S.D. (KELO.com) — Geronimo Energy and Basin Electric Power Cooperative will announce a power purchase agreement for a 128 megawatt South Dakota solar project tomorrow in Pierre.
When operational, they say it will be the largest solar project in the state’s history.
Geronimo says it has spent over $4 billion developing over 2,400 megawatts of wind and solar projects that are either operational or currently under construction.
Below is a news release from East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
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The media is invited to attend a joint press conference held by Geronimo Energy and Basin Electric Power Cooperative to announce a power purchase agreement for a 128 megawatt South Dakota solar project. When operational it will be the largest solar project in the state’s history. The press conference will be held on Tuesday, February 18, at 12:30 p.m. in the South Dakota State Capitol Rotunda in Pierre. Speakers will include representatives from Geronimo Energy, Basin Electric and other electric cooperative representatives.
Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, is a leading North American renewable energy development company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with satellite offices located throughout multiple states in the regions where it develops, constructs, and operates. As a farmer-friendly and community driven company, Geronimo develops projects for corporations and utilities that seek to repower America’s grid by reigniting local economies and reinvesting in a sustainable future. Geronimo has developed over 2,400 megawatts of wind and solar projects that are either operational or currently under construction, resulting in an investment of over $4 billion in critical energy infrastructure and the revitalization of rural economies. Geronimo has a vast development pipeline of wind and solar projects in various stages of development throughout the United States.
Basin Electric is a not-for-profit, member-owned wholesale power provider to 141 member cooperative systems in nine states. In South Dakota, Basin transmits its power supply to two generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives, Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative and East River Electric Power Cooperative. Those two G&T cooperatives then transmit the power supply to the state’s 28 distribution cooperatives. Those distribution co-ops then power the homes, farms and businesses within their service areas.
