Reliability and affordability is at the forefront of Basin Electric’s mission of providing wholesale energy and services to its members. As of Jan. 1, … [Read more...]
Dry Fork Station hosts carbon mitigation projects
January 15, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station near Gillette, Wyoming, does more than generate electricity from coal. It’s incubating innovation for managing … [Read more...]
Wyoming CarbonSAFE to determine whether carbon dioxide can be stored underground near Dry Fork Station
December 18, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Dirt work started March 31, 2019, to prepare a site near Dry Fork Station for geologic testing for the Wyoming CarbonSAFE project. They call it … [Read more...]
New technology will improve efficiency of Wilton Wind Projects
June 23, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Wind is an integral piece of Basin Electric’s all-of-the-above energy portfolio, and through the years the co-op has invested more than $6 billion … [Read more...]
Basin Electric moving forward with new natural gas unit
June 3, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Lonesome Creek Station is about to get a little less lonesome. At their January board meeting, Basin Electric directors authorized a sixth … [Read more...]
Basin Electric uses beetles to control leafy spurge at Glenharold Mine
March 30, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Each year at our Annual Meeting, we share a video focused on different facets of cooperative social responsibility at Basin Electric and in our … [Read more...]
Engineers Week at Basin Electric: Trenton Schwahn
February 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In honor of Engineers Week, we asked a few questions to Trenton Schwahn, electrical engineer III at Basin Electric. Schwahn is part of the Bakken … [Read more...]
Basin Electric to buy from the largest solar project in South Dakota
February 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
https://twitter.com/GeronimoEnergy/status/1229842112524451847?s=20 Yesterday, Basin Electric and Geronimo Energy announced Basin Electric will buy … [Read more...]
Engineers Week at Basin Electric: Mark Jenson
February 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In honor of Engineers Week, we asked a few questions to Mark Jenson, mechanical engineer II at Basin Electric. Jenson is part of the Bakken Generation … [Read more...]
Engineers Week at Basin Electric: Jim Lund
February 18, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In honor of Engineers Week, we asked a few questions to Jim Lund, senior mechanical engineer at Basin Electric. Lund is part of the Bakken Generation … [Read more...]
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