Seminole Adds 22 MW of Renewable Capacity to its Florida Portfolio

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http://www.renewableaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=50313

Seminole Electric Cooperative recently signed two new purchase power contracts for renewable energy. With the two agreements Seminole now has more than 100 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy in its portfolio of generating resources.

Tampa-based Seminole is the wholesale power supplier to 10 member distribution systems that together comprise the third largest group of energy consumers in Florida.

The first agreement gives Seminole an additional 20 MW of new renewable capacity and energy from the expansion of a waste-wood biomass plant in Liberty County, Florida, beginning in 2010.

Seminole currently has a 12.5 MW purchase power contract with the existing facility, which is owned and operated by Telogia Power LLC. The expanded contract will give Seminole a total of 32.5 MW from the company or its affiliates through November 2023.

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1. We need more power like this and others

To replace the power we have now.