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Co-ops help promote hydrogen fuel cell production

The U.S. Department of Energy set a goal of producing 10 million metric tons of hydrogen per year by 2030. Hydrogen fuel cells are seen as a potential alternative to gasoline, diesel fuel and natural gas and they can be used to power vehicles, generate electricity, and heat homes and businesses. Electric cooperatives are well-positioned …

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Industry experts expand ‘Energy Fair’

Annual Harvest Festival event included electric vehicle car show Great River Energy, along with its member-owner cooperatives Lake Country Power and Cooperative Light & Power, recently partnered with Minnesota Power to bring an electric vehicle (EV) car show to the 29th annual Lake Superior Harvest Festival. Held at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth, Minnesota, the …

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Co-ops charge ahead by adding electric trucks

Two of Great River Energy’s member-owner electric cooperatives energized their fleet of vehicles by adding an electric pickup to their lineups. Brown County Rural Electric Association (BCREA), based in Sleepy Eye, added a Ford Lightning pickup and Federated Rural Electric Association (Federated), located in Jackson, received a Rivian R1T pickup. “Since we are a rural …

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Great River Energy continues to explore alternative energy production

As the energy industry moves toward a more resilient, reliable and sustainable future, Great River Energy has made it a priority to study and evaluate emerging technologies and trends. One of these areas currently being investigated is zero carbon ammonia production. Ammonia is traditionally produced using fossil fuels, but in 2013 the University of Minnesota …

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Fleet review leads to business savings

Great River Energy’s transmission construction and maintenance (TC&M) team performed an internal audit of the cooperative’s fleet data records and conducted an extensive overview of its fleet assets, which led to the determination that more than 50 assets were no longer serving Great River Energy’s needs. These included items such as trucks, trailers, specialized pieces …

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Co-op CEO to Congress: ‘Healthy ecosystems can exist under every power line’

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) works best when the federal government collaborates with local property owners to conserve wildlife. That’s what an electric cooperative leader from Minnesota told a U.S. House of Representatives panel during a recent visit to Washington, D.C. East Central Energy (ECE), one of Great River Energy’s 27 member-owner cooperatives, has firsthand …

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Mesabi Trail Tour returns

More than 450 bicyclists participated in this year’s annual Great River Energy Mesabi Trail Tour event, which started and ended in Ely, Minnesota. Participants chose between riding on three different routes of 12, 30 or 50 miles along what is considered one of Minnesota’s premier paved bicycle trails. While pedaling, bicyclists encountered historic and scenic …

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Northland Reliability Project application filed for Certificate of Need and Route Permit

After months of planning and routing and revision, Great River Energy and Minnesota Power filed an application Aug. 4 for a Certificate of Need and Route Permit from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) to build a high-voltage transmission line to bolster electric reliability in northern and central Minnesota. The Northland Reliability Project is an …

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Great River Energy joins nationwide electric vehicle initiative

A collaborative of 500 utilities, vehicle manufacturers, charging providers, federal agencies and other organizations are working to align themselves on important issues ahead of the rapid deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) on U.S. roadways. Great River Energy is one of the founding utility partners of EVs2Scale, a three-year initiative led by the Electric Power Research …

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