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Renewable Energy Resources: Planning for Tomorrow Video
Dairyland's Renewable Energy Resources (PDF)
Dairyland’s renewable energy resources include hydro, wind, landfill gas and manure digesters. Member cooperatives promote renewable energy to their consumers through Evergreen, a voluntary program in which people can choose to support Dairyland’s renewable energy resources.
In 2009, the Board of Directors of Dairyland and its senior management elected to set a goal for 25 percent of its generation to come from renewable resources by 2025. Through diligent planning and a commitment to “do the right thing,” Dairyland is in step to meet both new renewable energy standards and achieve that goal.
A new biomass facility in Cassville, Wis., will come online in late September 2010. The plant, owned by DTE Energy Services, will burn wood waste, such as wood chips and sawdust. Dairyland is purchasing the entire output of the facility, which is expected to generate enough renewable energy to power 28,000 homes.
Member cooperatives have experienced a considerable increase in consumer-owned distributed renewable generation installations in the past year, thanks to innovative rate tariffs for small renewable installations. Dairyland works with its member cooperatives on policies that help enable the development of consumer-owned renewable energy projects including small-scale wind turbines and photovoltaic arrays (solar).
Dairyland is also a leader in the National Renewables Cooperative Organization, a national cooperative to develop renewable resources for all electric cooperatives across the nation.
For more information on the Evergreen program, and the different types of renewable energy generation in the Dairyland system, please click on the links below.