Archive for July, 2011
Clean Energy Authority Gains Momentum in Garfield County
The collaborative would use state legislation that allows local governments to join together to create a freestanding regional authority. In this case, it would focus on energy efficiency and advancing economic development through renewable energy measures.
31Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Hydropower Remains Dominant Energy
Source in the West
Although it is by far the most widely used renewable resource, the political push to diversify renewable portfolio standards in the U.S. has shifted the focus from building large dams to upgrading operating capacity at existing ones, and building smaller hydropower plants that affect the waterways less.
29Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Industry Group Criticizes New EPA Ozone Proposal
While the American Petroleum Institute referenced a study that it says refutes the projected gains from the new regs, Colorado already has requirements similar to what the EPA is proposing, according to Doug Hock, spokesperson for Encana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc.
29Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Xcel’s Chief Executive Vows to ‘Get a Fair Price’
for Assets From Boulder
“The bottom line is we believe municipalization would be a bad thing for the citizens and customers,” Fowke said, and predicted that the municipalization plan, supported by the Boulder City Council, would be rejected by voters in the fall.
28Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Officials Celebrate Latest Solar Array at DIA - Making it #1 in Solar Power Capacity
The ribbon-cutting ceremony involving local and state officials marked Denver International as the commercial airport with the most solar-power capacity in the nation.
The debut of a third PV system puts DIA on top.
Will PACE Make a Comeback?
The Property Assessed Clean Energy program, which held so much promise for helping homeowners finance solar and efficiency improvements, may be resurrected. If passed, the PACE Protection Act of 2011 would override actions taken by semi-public federal mortgage lenders, which effectively killed the program.
26Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
POLICY TRACKS in Oil and Gas …
The latest news and views on issues impacting Colorado’s oil and gas industry … from Parker and Colorado Springs in the Front Range to Battlement Mesa and Parachute on the West Slope.
26Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Spotlight on the Home –Insulation:
It’s Not Just for Winter Anymore
A better way to think of attic insulation is like a barrier between your living spaces and the super-heated outside, rather than just a fleece layer you add to your house when the weather turns chilly.
25Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
CEN In-Depth —
The 1031 Exchange in the Oil and Gas Industry
The 1031 exchange is alive and well in the oil and gas industry, tax and financial experts said at a recent presentation, and despite the complicated and inflexible nature of the exchanges, the program is working as Congress intended.
25Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
TABOR Hampers Colorado Education
Partly because of TABOR, Colorado schools rank 40th in spending per pupil and 48th in percentage of income applied to education spending according to a 2007 study by the US Census Bureau. Colorado’s future job market is dependent on well-educated workers that are highly skilled in math and science. Renewable energy manufacturing and design, aerospace technology and computer sciences have a strong presence in Colorado, but if newer generations are not well-educated, the jobs will disappear to other markets that have a better supply of well-educated applicants.
22Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
A City-Owned Utility?
Boulder Takes It to the People
It will be extremely interesting to see what happens this fall when folks will be essentially asked … how much clean power they want, and more importantly, how much they’re willing to pay for it. Apparently, 90% of electricity generation from wind and solar by 2020 isn’t enough.
22Jul2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Fish and Wildlife Service Evaluates Landmark
Wind Energy Corridor
Several wind energy companies are developing the Great Plains Wind Energy Habitat Conservation Plan to meet the permit requirements to protect a 200-mile-wide corridor running from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico for the whooping crane migration corridor. One public meeting is in Colorado.
22Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
EPRI REPORT: Electric Vehicles Not a Great Threat to the Grid
Even if EVs were to constitute 20% of the US car market, less than a 0.01% chance would exist of overloading healthy transformers, according to a new report from the Electric Power Research Institute released this week.
20Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
We need to promote export terminals to liquify and ship natural gas to markets in Asia and Euroupe. The US ...
Natural Gas can be consumed so efficiently that the WATER can even be recovered from the combusted exhaust gases.
Going ...
Lack of funding is a serious obstacle for implementation of audit recommendations. Even small rebates will have little impact ...
Re: Natural gas generation wasn’t included in the final analysis but is generally assumed to emit about half as much ...
Disclosure MIGHT prevent pollution if there was a watchdog agency that ruled yes or no on particular chemicals before they ...
Having just read Tom Gray's article 'Fred Udo's bogus numbers' I get the feeling I haven't understood whats going on. ...
I agree with you kirsch. I knew this article had the stench of industry money as soon add I read ...
Can someone explain how disclosure prevents pollution? They can still release air toxins and they are still not held ...