{"id":38540,"date":"2023-02-06T14:39:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T22:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.odec.com\/?page_id=38540"},"modified":"2024-04-09T14:13:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T18:13:07","slug":"renewables","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.odec.com\/generation-transmission\/renewables\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) aims to provide our member-owners with safe, reliable, sustainable, and affordable electricity.<\/p>\n<p>ODEC has entered several long-term power purchase agreements for energy generated by wind and solar resources. These PPAs help us provide this energy to our members at the lowest possible cost. We also sell renewable energy credits related to these purchases to our Members and to non-members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn about our renewable projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding:52.81% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/929980349?h=c8aad0c5f0&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Renewable Projects for a Brighter Future\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icon-box featured-box icon-box-left text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-img\" style=\"width: 100px\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-inner\" style=\"color:rgb(225, 104, 1);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> <svg 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capacity<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<h3>2021<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In 2021<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ODEC-Announces-Net-Zero-Carbon-Goal-4Feb2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ODEC announced a goal to achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 (PDF)<\/a>, with an interim goal to reduce its carbon intensity by <strong>50%<\/strong> from 2005 levels by 2030.<\/li>\n<li>ODEC is the <strong>second<\/strong> generation and transmission cooperative in the country to set a <strong>net<\/strong> <strong>zero carbon goal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>ODEC also continues to expand its commitment to solar by actively pursuing additional solar resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2019 &amp; 2020<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In 2019 and 2020 <\/strong>ODEC and EDF Renewables North America entered a partnership to develop and build a portfolio of 8 distributed solar projects<\/li>\n<li>These solar projects will generate approximately <strong>30 megawatts (MW)<\/strong> of solar power across ODEC member service territories<\/li>\n<li>The projects are intended to bring local solar energy to ODEC member communities while at the same time providing regional and energy diversification to ODEC\u2019s generation portfolio<\/li>\n<li>ODEC will purchase power from the projects at a fixed rate, providing energy cost security for its members<\/li>\n<li>These projects have expected commercial operations dates of 2023 to 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2020<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In 2020<\/strong> ODEC entered into a power purchase agreement with Longroad Energy to purchase solar power<\/li>\n<li>The Foxhound project will provide ODEC <strong>10 MW of solar energy<\/strong> and is located adjacent to ODEC\u2019s Clover Coal station in Halifax County Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Foxhound is in development with an expected commercial operations date of late 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In 2015<\/strong> ODEC entered into 2 long-term power purchase agreements to buy solar power from separate projects owned by Dominion Generation<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Clarke County Solar project<\/strong> is a <strong>10 MW<\/strong> solar power facility in Clarke County, VA located in Rappahannock Electric Cooperative\u2019s service territory<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Cherrydale Solar Project<\/strong> is a <strong>20 MW<\/strong> solar power facility in Northampton County on Virginia\u2019s Eastern Shore in A&amp;N Electric Cooperative\u2019s service territory<\/li>\n<li>Both projects began commercial operations in 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icon-box featured-box icon-box-left text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-img\" style=\"width: 100px\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-inner\" style=\"color:rgb(30, 168, 85);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"Layer_1\" viewBox=\"0 0 170 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