Archive for December, 2010

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If State Approves Uranium Mill, Customers Would
Likely Be in Asia

That’s where Energy Fuels Inc. would seek financing for its proposed $140 million uranium-processing facility, officials said last week. And yellowcake uranium made in Colorado likely would be sent to fuel Asian power plants.

31Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Xcel Energy, Xtreme Power Partner in SolarTAC Study

The test project near DIA looks to show real-world results from the combination of storage systems with solar installations in order to better integrate energy output from renewable sources into the power grid.

30Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Lawsuit Challenges Desert Utility Scale Projects

A Native American cultural protection group filed suit earlier this week in United States District Court, challenging the Bureau of Land Management permitting processes related to six large solar facilities planned for the Mohave, Sonoran and Colorado deserts of Southern California.

29Dec2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Colorado’s Coal Conundrum

While many Colorado citizens are rightly proud of their legislature’s bold leadership on coal, recent developments elsewhere in the country highlight the problems with energy policies that end at a state’s front door. Unfortunately, just as Colorado’s utility regulators are forging ahead towards a cleaner energy future, the state is poised to export record amounts of dirty coal, while simultaneously importing dirty electricity generated by a huge new coal-fired power plant to be built in southwest Kansas.

28Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Front Range Updates

Vestas’ new Louisville engineering site operational …
Report: 6,500 jobs added during Ritter’s Term … Abengoa Solar gets $1.45 billion in financing for mega Arizona plant … CU study: Wind turbines may help crops … EnergyLogic recognized for stewardship in Larimer County …
Lead NREL scientist joins SkyFuel.

27Dec2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Lightly Treading in Performance Partners Program

The Denver-based building science training organization is partnering on a program to help support building science students, energy auditors and raters, and building contractors.

25Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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In-Depth — Supreme Court Hearing of GHG Case Could Have Far-Reaching Consequences

If the Court permits this kind of lawsuit, utilities could face significant future liability for climate change-related damages and a proliferation of similar nuisance suits across the country.

24Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Advanced Energy Creates Two Business Units

The Fort Collins-based company, parent to PV Powered in Bend, Oregon, says the move will enable improved execution and a strategic focus on two distinct markets — Thin Films and Renewables.

23Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Colorado Wind Business Tracker …

>> Vestas Lands 28-Turbine Order for New Mexico Farm
>> Compass Wind in Memorandum to Sell 25-Mw Project
>> Winterhawk Energy Proposal Moving Forward
>> RePower USA in 51-Mw Deal with EverPower

21Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Obama Administration Extends Solar’s
1603 Program for Additional Year

Created by the ARRA to provide commercial solar installations with a cash grant in lieu of the 30 percent solar investment tax credit (ITC), it has already helped move forward more than 1,100 solar projects in 42 states and supported $18 billion in investment, according to an industry group.

21Dec2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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CEO Says Oil Industry Faces Engineer Staffing Shortage

The number of young recruits hired to replace aging petroleum engineers has declined over the last 10 years, as many college graduates choose managerial positions over engineering jobs and other field assignments, said Andrew Gould, chairman and CEO of Schlumberger Ltd.

20Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CSU Struggles With Green Goals

The collapse last week of a deal to build a massive electricity-generating wind farm on CSU’s Maxwell Ranch highlights the university’s struggles to significantly cut its consumption of fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. While Colorado State University has made a series of small- and medium-sized steps, administrators say transforming the university’s operations will take far longer than initially expected.

20Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Regulators Add Cherokee Plant to the
‘No Coal’ Xcel List

Cherokee’s three units would be replaced by a natural gas unit, and the Arapahoe power plant would be switched to gas. As we reported earlier this week, the PUC also supported adding new emissions control equipment to Xcel’s Hayden power plant in northwest Colorado and the Pawnee power plant out east.

18Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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