Archive for August, 2011

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Market for Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Gaining Momentum

Electric vehicles are being delivered by the thousands each month. The power delivery infrastructure that enables vehicles to charge at home, at the workplace, and in public spaces is simultaneously being rolled out.

30Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Learning From Portland’s Attempt
at Municipalization

For all its attitude and quirks, Portland remains a place that pursues the cutting edge of environmental, social and transportation issues — with both successes and failures — which create lessons for ongoing Boulder projects. Take, for example, Boulder’s debate over whether to leave Xcel Energy in favor of creating a municipal utility.

29Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Slow Growth for “Green” Leases

Erik Foster had practiced law in his downtown Denver office building for five years before he realized what an energy-efficient gem the place was. He was chatting up a security guard one day and saw a plaque at the security desk - “ENERGY STAR 2009.”

29Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Clean Energy Top Priority, U.N. Chief Tells NREL

NREL, through its numerous partnerships with the U.N., is playing a crucial role in making that happen and building a sustainable world, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told a crowd of researchers assembled at NREL’s Research Support Facility.

26Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Climate Pollution From Gas Drilling Overstated Says New Study

“Estimates are being used that are not supported by data, do not reflect current industry practice and would be unreliable to use as a base for decision-making,” Mary Barcella, the company’s director of North American natural gas, said in a news release.

25Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Former Governor Ritter Joins Western Advocates to Urge State Leadership on Clean Energy

The report entitled Western Grid 2050: Contrasting Futures, Contrasting Fortunes finds that with intentional policymaking and planning today, the West can successfully transition to a clean energy economy that will deliver job, environmental and public health benefits for decades to come.

25Aug2011 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Colorado Springs Seeking Way to Resolve Issues in Banning Lewis Fight

The city says the company should be bound by a 23-year-old annexation agreement and other land-use controls that were intended to govern how the massive ranch would be developed; Ultra says the agreements would tie its hands at it pursues energy exploration on the property.

24Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Developer Withdraws From Loveland
High Tech Park

Citing the inability to secure financing under tight deadlines, Minneapolis-based United Properties is withdrawing from the Aerospace and Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Park project.

23Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Retiring Xcel CEO: ‘OK if no more coal’

Kelly, who’s apparently moving from Minnesota (where Xcel is based) to Colorado, went on to question those in Congress denying the science behind global climate change and the need to move away from fossil fuels. “I think the science is pretty solid. Maybe we haven’t communicated it well enough.”

22Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Xcel Energy Seeks PUC Approval of Low Cost
Wind Deal

David Eves, chief executive officer of Xcel’s subsidiary Public Service Company of Colorado, said the wind energy offer from NextEra was too good to pass-up. “This proposed purchase contains the lowest-cost wind energy we’ve seen, making it competitive with other energy sources.”

19Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BIOFUELS BEAT

A round-up of the latest biofuels news from
Colorado Energy News editors …
>> Obama’s Latest Biofuels Initiative
>> Colorado Company’s Patent Battle
>> ZeaChem, Chyrsler Form Strategic Alliance
>> Creating “Designer” Grasses

18Aug2011 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Industry Pushes Back on Shale Gas Recommendations

The American Petroleum Institute is filing 10 pages of comments that take issue with several of the group’s recommendations, which was tapped by Energy Secretary Chu to study ways to boost the safety and environmental performance of U.S. natural gas production.

18Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Low Emission Cars Under NREL’s Microscope

“DOE wants people to see that these vehicles are not just drawings on some designer’s table,” NREL Vehicle Systems Engineer Mike Simpson said. “These technologies are practical, real and getting out into the marketplace.”

17Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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