MADISON, Wis., May 2, 2018 - Xcel Energy will move ahead with construction of a 1-megawatt solar garden due to customer support. The new garden is approximately 70 percent subscribed, leaving 30 percent available. The garden is part of the Solar*Connect Community, which is currently Wisconsin’s largest community solar garden program. OneEnergy Renewables, a leading developer of community and utility-scale solar projects across the country,...

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24 - In partnership with Net Impact, OneEnergy Renewables and 3Degrees are thrilled to announce the 2018 class of Energy Scholars. From left to right: Bhuvan Neema, Michelle Davis, Krisztina Pjeczka,Josh Constanti, Kayla Kutter, Jaydeep Laljani, Taylor Price and Nitish Garg. The Energy Scholar program, now in its seventh year, is designed to cultivate and empower tomorrow’s renewable energy...

MADISON, Wis., January 8, 2018 - Xcel Energy plans to develop a one-megawatt solar garden in Ashland as part of its Solar*Connect Community program. This would be the third solar garden in this program, which promises clean energy benefits to communities in return for local buy-in. A community solar garden in Eau Claire has been generating energy since October 2017, and a facility in the La Crosse area is on track to go live in fall 2018. If...

Did you know that almost half the energy needed to power National Geographic Society headquarters now comes from solar energy? National Geographic is purchasing the renewable resource from Baker Point Solar, Cypress Creek Renewables’ first solar site in Maryland, a facility that also provides an important habitat for pollinators like bees and butterflies, helping to maintain a planet in balance. Mike Ulica, the Society’s executive vice...

From the crest of a small hill, the scale of the OneEnergy Baker Point solar array starts to come into view. The gently sloping 60-acre parcel of farmland is now home to more than 34,000 solar panels that span a majority of the property. Owners Glenn Eaves Jr. and Rebecca Eaves welcomed elected officials and members of the public to the farm in mid-November for an up-close look at the panels, generators and pollinator habitat installed on...

Partnership with WGL Energy, National Geographic, Monumental Sports and Entertainment, and OneEnergy Renewables, to generate clean, affordable solar energy and support local agriculture and public schools. Today Maryland Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles and State Senator Michael Hough were joined by executives from Cypress Creek Renewables, the National Geographic Society, Monumental Sports and Entertainment, OneEnergy Renewables, and...

50 Acres Of Solar Projects Planned Through Partnership With Municipal Utilities, Solar Company [audio mp3="http://www.oneenergyrenewables.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nws171106-HK-OVSOLAR1.mp3"][/audio] Organic Valley is helping launch several new solar projects in southwestern Wisconsin. The farmer cooperative has agreed to buy power from a group of municipal utilities in order to fund more than 12 megawatts of solar projects in Wisconsin,...

Almost 30 years ago, seven organic farmers from the U.S. Midwest, unhappy with the state of American agriculture, decided to band together and form a cooperative to continue farming sustainably. Today, the Organic Valley agricultural cooperative, headquartered in La Farge, Wisconsin, is made up of over 2,000 farmers in 36 states. And the cooperative just became part of a unique community solar partnership that will allow it to become the...

La Farge-based Cooperative Organic Valley has partnered with solar developer OneEnergy Renewables and the Upper Midwest Municipal Energy Group on the project, the La Crosse Tribune reported. It’s expected to create about 29 megawatts of solar capacity in up to a dozen municipal utilities. "Our future demands bold new thinking about our sources of energy, and there is nothing more natural to a farmer than harnessing the power of the sun and the...

In the scheme of things, the power purchase agreement disclosed last month by dairy cooperative Organic Valley isn't very big — slightly less than 13 megawatts of solar in phase one of the project. That's exactly why it’s a noteworthy sign of progress for the corporate clean power procurement movement. Under the deal announced in late October, the organization has entered into what it describes as a "first-of-its-kind" community solar...

In a quest to become the world’s largest food company to get all its electricity from renewable sources, Organic Valley is planning a major investment in solar electricity that could substantially increase Wisconsin’s solar capacity and reduce electric bills for rural consumers. A partnership between the La Farge-based cooperative, solar developer OneEnergy Renewables and the Upper Midwest Municipal Energy Group is expected to result in about...

OneEnergy Renewables and Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and a leading organic brand, today announced a first-of-its-kind community partnership that will enable the farmer-owned cooperative to become the largest food company in the world to source 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. “Our future demands bold new thinking about our sources of energy, and there is nothing more natural to a...

  In May 2017, Governor Larry Hogan signed the Department of Natural Resources — Solar Generation Facilities — Pollinator-Friendly Designation (SB1158) bill into law. It was strongly supported by the Senate and General Assembly. SB 1158 establishes a state preference and a process for supporting co-locating pollinator-friendly habitat with a commercial ground-mounted solar facility. This new Maryland law will not only help...

While working as a teacher in Mumbai, Sanjna Malpani ’17 M.E.M. was shocked that many students weren't able to do their homework because of insufficient light in their homes. So Malpani and some friends helped introduce new sources of illumination using only plastic bottles and water. A few years back, while teaching environmental science to students in a slum neighborhood of Mumbai, Sanjna Malpani ’17 M.E.M. was alarmed to find that...

OneEnergy Renewables’ Eric Udelhofen and Fresh Energy’s Rob Davis led a recent webinar focused on the science and safety of photovoltaic solar and the growing trend of planting pollinator habitat under and around ground-mounted solar panels. Enjoy watching here. In 2016 alone, nearly 2,500 acres of solar sites in Minnesota and Wisconsin were seeded with millions of native flowers and grasses including black-eyed susans, side-oats grama, purple...

Record year for funding includes debt and equity through a variety of mechanisms, including direct investing, syndication and the Element 8 Fund SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Mar 9, 2017) - Element 8 (http://www.element8angels.com/) announced its members drove more than $6.1 million in funding to 27 innovative clean technology companies in 2016. Nearly $5,000,000 was invested by Element 8 members, another $600,000+ was invested as equity...

SEATTLE – February 17, 2017 – OneEnergy Renewables, a leading developer of utility-scale clean energy projects across North America, is happy to announce its 2017 OneEnergy Scholars® class in partnership with Net Impact, a leading nonprofit that empowers a new generation to use their careers to drive transformational change in the workplace and the world. Now in its sixth year, the OneEnergy Scholars program...

Seattle-based solar energy startup OneEnergy Renewables has raised more cash to help develop large-scale solar energy projects across North America. The company just reeled in another $300,000 that is part of a larger $2 million convertible note; the startup has raised $1.8 million of the note since June 2016. OneEnergy plans to use the funding for project development and working capital, VP of Operations Jennifer Barnes confirmed...

Great local companies like OneEnergy Renewables ... show the promise of clean tech industry in Washington. The work we do in Washington State has now reached a new level of importance and taken on an even greater urgency. If the incoming Trump administration really does mortgage our country’s national leadership on climate, America’s only hope for staying on track for our carbon reduction goals will depend on ambitious, thoughtful, and...

Big solar in Oregon is about to get a jolt. Falling prices and a renewables mandate are sparking new investment. The result could be an economic stimulus for rural Oregon, but only if developers can move beyond years of failed projects. A new solar power plant, the likes of which Oregon has never seen, is under construction in Crook County. When it’s completed next year, the Gala Solar project from Avangrid Renewables will cover more than 200...