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New Video: HBPW’s Recommendations to the City of Holland for New Power Generation

New Video: HBPW’s Recommendations to the City of Holland for New Power Generation

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Holland Sentinel: Holland BPW Earns American Public Power Association Award

Holland Sentinel: Holland BPW Earns American Public Power Association Award

From the Holland Sentinel | Read Full Article Holland — The Holland Board of Public Works was awarded Monday the Diamond recognition from the American Public Power Association. The award recognizes companies that provide the highest degree of reliable and safe electric...

Holland Sentinel: Holland city officials consider new power plant engineer

Holland Sentinel: Holland city officials consider new power plant engineer

Annette Manwell | From the Holland Sentinel | Read the Full Article Holland — HDR, the firm that recommended that the city of Holland choose combined cycle natural gas for its electrical generation, also could become the engineer for the project. The...

Press Release: Holland BPW Approves 16.8 MW Wind Contract to Diversify Renewable Energy Portfolio

Press Release: Holland BPW Approves 16.8 MW Wind Contract to Diversify Renewable Energy Portfolio

Holland, MI— The Holland BPW has voted to recommend a 20 year renewable energy wind contract with the Michigan Public Power Agency (MPPA) which will purchase the energy from Beebe Wind LLC, located in Ithaca, MI.  This contract is the...

Holland City Council Approves 114 Megawatt Natural Gas Power Plant

Holland City Council Approves 114 Megawatt Natural Gas Power Plant

From the Holland Sentinel Holland —  The city of Holland and its Board of Public Works will move forward with the 114-megawatt combined cycle natural gas power plant. The city council voted 8-1 Wednesday to approve a resolution of support for the...

Holland Sentinel: Holland BPW reprints 1940s-era brochure on then-new power plant

Holland Sentinel: Holland BPW reprints 1940s-era brochure on then-new power plant

By Staff Reports in the Holland Sentinel Holland -- To put its current discussion in a Historical context, the Holland Board of Public Works reprinted a brochure circa 1940 that it distributed when the now aging James De Young coal power plant was new. The brochure — along with a modern companion brochure and a deck of cards — were at place settings for the Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast event Tuesday, which was sponsored by the BPW. The vintage brochure...

View the Presentation from Last Night’s Capstone Event

View the Presentation from Last Night’s Capstone Event

If you missed last night's joint study session capstone event, or if you just want to review the presentation again, you can download it using the link below.  Capstone Event...

SROI and Levelized Cost

SROI and Levelized Cost

Levelized cost is often cited as a convenient summary measure of the overall competitiveness of different generating technologies. It represents the per-kilowatt hour cost (in real dollars) of building and operating a generating plant over an assumed financial life and duty cycle. Looking...

Press Release: Holland Board of Public Works Releases Recommendations for New Power Generation

Press Release: Holland Board of Public Works Releases Recommendations for New Power Generation

Will review with Community Stakeholder Panel October 29 before formal submission to Board and City Council in November. Holland,MI—The recommendations for future power generation released today by the Holland Board of Public Works would lead to dramatic reductions in greenhouse gases...


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