Corporate Updates
RES Americas Green Vehicle Push
Wins Plaudits
The recognition is for the company’s purchase of 58 fuel-efficient vehicles like the Ford Escape hybrid shown to be distributed among approximately six construction sites. The announcement comes on the heels of a rooftop solar installation at RES Americas’ Broomfield headquarters.
31Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
SUNGEVITY Launches Online Solar Home Solution
Imagine sitting down in your favorite lounge chair, powering up your laptop, and ordering a new rooftop solar system specifically designed for your home. Sounds intriquing, doesn’t it? A company called Sungevity is betting that you’ll be more than intriqued with its new online solar program.
30Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Juwi Moving Wind Energy Business to Boulder
“There are a lot of benefits and synergies, particularly in being able to recruit people,” said Michael Rucker, executive director of juwi wind. The wind business joins the company’s Boulder-based U.S. solar headquarters.
28Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
VESTAS Gets Largest North American Turbine Order Ever — Windsor and Pueblo Factories Heavily Involved
For Colorado and its workforce, the news is especially important, as all the blades for the order are to be manufactured at the Vestas Windsor facility outside of Fort Collins, and most of the towers will be made at its Pueblo facility.
22Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
VESTAS to Ramp Up Hiring Big Time in Coming Months
The manufacturer’s three Colorado factories are officially up and running, with more than than 1,000 people employed. Better still, hundreds more are expected to be hired in the next 12 to 18 months. Two upcoming job fairs and an employment website are where would-be job applicants should be looking.
18Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
UQM Gets Test Order for Its Electric Power Systems
Front Range electric-motor maker UQM Technologies Inc. said it has received an initial order for about 50 of its electric propulsion systems from an unidentified “international automobile manufacturer” for use in a test fleet of vehicles.
13Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Vestas Opens Engineering Facility in Louisville
Within a year, the company plans to employ 75 to 125 engineers, scientists and support staff at an estimated payroll of $8 million. “This is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Mayor Chuck Sisk. “It is not just Louisville; it is the entire Boulder- Broomfield valley.”
9Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Abound Solar to Expand Payroll by 300+ Jobs Thanks to $400 Million in Federal Loan Guarantee
The manufacturer of thin-film solar panels says it will add that many jobs in coming months at its Longmont production facility — nearly doubling its employee base in the state, and tripling production lines.
4Jul2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Vestas Colorado Plants Buoyed by New Orders
The news in recent weeks as been very positive for the manufacturer, as multiple orders for its wind turbines have been signed, including the 250-megawatt Cedar Point wind project east of Denver which RES Americas sold to Enbridge late last month.
2Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
RES Americas Closes on Its Largest Deal —
Sells Cedar Point Wind Project to Enbridge
The Broomfield-based company, one of Colorado’s more prominent New Energy tenants, has inked a $500M agreement with Enbridge to own and operate the 250-megawatt Cedar Point Wind Energy Project east of Denver. Vestas plants in the state will manufacture wind turbines for the project.
29Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Now That’s Some GREEN BLING!
SunRun Gets $100M Infusion for Solar Rollout
There is a new bully on the block when it comes to residential PV system installations. SunRun, which already has a limited presence on the Front Range, is about to go big with a hefty cash infusion from California utility giant PG&E — the move has to be making other solar leasing outfits around here feeling more than alittle uneasy.
22Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Simple Solar Files for Bankruptcy
The Boulder-based PV installer attributes its financial troubles to straying from its core of residential and small commercial jobs to chase utility-scale projects. The move signals a big fall considering the #4 ranking Simple Solar enjoyed in a local 2009 list of fastest growing companies.
23May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
ProLogis Unveils Rooftop Photovoltaic Test Site
in Denver
The site totals 11 kWp of power generation capacity, and the design/build envelope relied on products and services provided by several Colorado-based companies including Ascent Solar, Colorado Moisture Control, Howard Electric, S.A. Miro and SMA America, LLC.
19May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
SolarCity Takes Aim at Home Energy Audit Market
The national solar company, which is already offering leasing deals to Colorado homeowners, figures it can grab a piece of the rapidly expanding home efficiency market by selling audit and weatherization services to its solar customers. The timing makes sense given the billions of fed dollars flowing into it.
14May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Fort-Collins-Based Advanced Energy Completes Acquisition
The combined company’s comprehensive portfolio of inverter products will serve commercial projects ranging from 30-kilowatts to 1 megawatt utility installations, as well as the residential market with 5-kilowatt and smaller inverters.
5May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
The Good News for VESTAS —
Windsor Plant Resumes Production and the Parent Company Gets Largest Order — Ever!
The “Master Supply Agreement” calls for building, delivering and maintaining turbines capable of producing up to 1,500 megawatts of power in the next two years, with an additional option. Will Vestas Colorado plants help fulfill the order? Too early to tell says a spokesman.
28Apr2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued-
Why is Dirty Energy Still So Cheap?
The clean tech sector has experienced remarkable success in the past few years, yet there still remains one huge roadblock from mass implementation – cheap fossil fuels. Some may think this is simply a matter of free-market capitalism at work. The real truth is that petroleum and coal industries continue to receive massive subsidies from governments around the world, while renewable energy firms receive only a small fraction of that amount.
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