Renewable Energy in the Rural Electric Cooperative

SECRES - Renewable Energy in the Rural Electric Cooperative

Holy Cross Energy of Avon, Colorado has set a goal of 100% clean energy by 2030. Watch President and CEO, Bryan Hannegan, Ph.D., discuss the varied and innovative tools they are using to meet this goal, and the challenges unique to rural co-ops. Holy Cross Energy is implementing and exploring a wide range of technologies that include biomass energy generation, solar, energy storage, micro-grids, hydrogen, and more.

The program was hosted by Jim Riggins, SECRES Steering Committee Chair.

A question and answer session followed Dr. Hannegan's presentation.

This webinar was recorded at the October 19, 2021 meeting of the Southeastern Colorado Chapter of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society.

Timeline:
00:00 Welcome and background
03:09 Introduction
04:07 Presentation - Bryan Hannegan
47:45 Q&A

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Prior to joining Holy Cross in July 2017, Bryan Hannegan was an Associate Laboratory Director at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), where he co-founded the US Department of Energy’s Grid Modernization Initiative and started up the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF), a unique “distribution grid in a box” enabling utilities, entrepreneurs and consumers to work together on cleaner, more affordable and more reliable energy systems. Earlier in his career, Bryan held senior leadership roles at the Electric Power Research Institute, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Holy Cross Energy, a not-for-profit, member-owned electric cooperative utility, provides electricity and energy products and services to more than 42,000 customers in Western Colorado.

ABOUT CRES:
The Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) is dedicated to the advancement of all forms of renewable energy (RE), energy efficiency (EE), and their synergy with sustainability and economic development. Learn more at https://www.cres-energy.org/

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This presentation was organized by the Southeastern Colorado Chapter of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society. Contact us at secres@cres-energy.org or visit us online at https://www.cres-energy.org/. Video production provided by Brian Beinlich, https://brianbeinlich.com.

CRES features several local monthly speaker series throughout the state, provides speakers, experts, and workshops and weighs in on state energy policy.

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