Press Release: Holland Board of Public Works Releases Recommendations for New...
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...
View ArticleSummary of Public Comments
We’ve been actively engaging the Holland community for over a year now. With the release of the SROI results in August, we began an official period for public comment to collect opinions and questions...
View ArticleSROI 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...
View ArticleReminder: The Capstone Event for P21 is Tonight!
Reminder: The Capstone Event for P21 is Tonight! Join the Holland City Council and the Holland BPW tonight from 6:00-9:00 pm at the DoubleTree Hotel as we discuss the HBPW’s Recommendations for the...
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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 Presentation
View ArticleHolland Sentinel: Holland BPW reprints 1940s-era brochure on then-new power...
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...
View ArticleHolland 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...
View ArticleLooking Forward: Next Steps
With City Hall’s approval for the Holland BPW’s recommendations for new power generation in Holland, it’s time to start looking at the next steps in the process: Engage services of an owner’s engineer...
View ArticlePress Release: Holland BPW Approves 16.8 MW Wind Contract to Diversify...
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...
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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,...
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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...
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Renewable Energy is Available to all Holland BPW Customers July 1st
Holland Board of Public Works electric customers looking to support alternative energy can now choose to have a portion or all of their electricity generated by renewable sources. Beginning July 1,...
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Holland BPW Reaches Agreement on New Power Plant Location
Site At East End Of Holland Well Suited To Project Needs Holland, MI—The Holland Board of Public Works today announced that Holland City Council has approved a buy/sell agreement for a parcel of...
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HBPW GM Dave Koster’s Radio Interview
Early last week, Dave Koster, general manager at the Holland BPW, was on the air with WPNW, “The Pledge.” Koster discussed the location for the proposed new energy facility as well as some of the...
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Public Comment Period on Holland BPW’s New Power Plant Permit to Install...
Yesterday, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced a public comment period for the Holland BPW’s application to build a new Combined Heat and Power plant. The public comment...
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Dan Nally Discusses Holland’s Energy Plan on WGVU
Listen as Dan Nally, Business Services Director at the HBPW, discusses Holland’s energy plan and the use of the sustainable return on investment on WGVU. Dan’s interview was first broadcast on WGVU’s...
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MDEQ approves Permit to Install for Holland’s new gas-fired power plant
Our community took a big step forward December 4, with notification from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) that the agency has approved the Permit To Install for Holland’s new...
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