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Legislators Reject Bills to Temper Gas Drilling Impact
Two initiatives to temper the impacts of oil and gas drilling in Colorado — requiring a 1,000-foot setback from homes and limiting the use of open fluid pits — were rejected earlier this week by a legislative committee.
9Feb2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Boulder County Votes to Place Temporary Moratorium
on Drilling
The public will be able to comment March 1, according to the county’s website, “on the local impacts associated with oil and gas development, and on the appropriateness of continuing or amending the temporary moratorium.”
3Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
El Paso County County Adopts Slimmed-Down Oil and Gas Regulations
The Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to approve a proposal that was significantly scaled down from what the county’s planning commission approved earlier this month. The regulations govern transportation, emergency response, noxious weeds and, controversially, water quality issues related to drilling.
1Feb2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Niobrara Data Center Energy Park Honored
Niobrara Energy Park is a proposed 640-acre micro grid project located near the Colorado-Wyoming border that will integrate natural gas and renewable energy generation facilities, including solar and wind energy, with data centers and energy research.
24Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
CSU Professor Developing Sustainable Bioplastics
Chemistry professor Eugene Chen has developed several patent-pending chemical processes that would create sustainable bioplastics from renewable resources for use on everything from optical fibers and contact lenses to furniture and automobile parts.
18Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Eight Things to Watch in Colorado’s Solar
Marketplace in 2012
One big issue is repowering commercial-scale solar. The state PUC is expected to finalize its ruling on Xcel Energy’s 2012-2013 renewable energy compliance plan in the first quarter, which will significantly influence the number of megawatts that will be added this year.
6Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
The Broe Group Acquisition Beefs Up
Great Western Industrial Park
The purchase of 320 acres from Eastman Kodak will increase the opportunities for economic redevelopment in the Windsor area, with the park already becoming a prominent location for manufacturing and energy companies like Owens-Illinois, Front Range Energy, Reliant Holdings, Vestas and Hexcel.
4Jan2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
NREL Helps Retailers Checking ‘Nice’ on
Energy Savings List
Although the power is always “on” for use in our country’s buildings, the U.S. Department of Energy and NREL are working with the nation’s commercial building owners — from retailers to offices and warehouses — to discover innovative ways to reduce commercial building energy use.
2Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Stapleton Home Tops LEED Platinum Projects
One of the homes featured in this year’s round-up is an HGTV Green Home located in the popular Stapleton infill development of Denver, which Jetson Green describes as a New Urbanist Community. Read more about what makes this a fantastic LEED Platinum project.
29Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Commerce City Puts Fracking Decision on Hold
The council has taken a 30-day “timeout” from its review of whether it should ban hydraulic fracturing for six months. It wants to hear from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission as well as from industry representatives before it makes a decision on what to do longterm.
21Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
LEED Update — CU Boulder’s Williams Village North
The new $46.5 million residence hall has won LEED Platinum from the U.S. Green Building Council. It incorporates several eco-friendly elements such as use of solar panels which account for 12.5% of its energy source, and high-performance heat recovery systems.
19Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Energy Department Congratulates State for Weatherizing Thousands of Homes
As one of the country’s leaders, Colorado has now weatherized more than 12,000 homes, which exceeds 100 percent of their total targeted homes – performing energy efficient upgrades such as insulation, air-sealing, and more efficient heating and cooling systems.
15Dec2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Xcel Seeks $142 Million Rate Hike in Colorado
The rate increase will cover costs such costs as $3.1 million for new equipment on power plants to curb mercury pollution, $400,000 for an employee-recognition fund and salary increases of 2.5 percent to 4 percent for workers.
15Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued-
Solar Disarray
The divide between manufacturers and installers is a symptom of the U.S. solar industry’s problems, not the cause. And the causes are not as simple as either side makes them out to be. China isn’t the only reason companies like Evergreen, Solyndra, and BrightSource have struggled.
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