Corporate Updates
Ascent Solar, Vote Solar Initiative in the News
Ascent inked a $6.5 million sales deal with FTL Solar of Austin, Texas, while Vote Solar jointly released “Investing in the Sun” with Environment Colorado, which models the benefits in developing 1,000 megawatts of solar power.
4Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Doing the Math –
Stimulus Plus Solar = One More Colorado Install
The recipient this time is a joint venture design-build contract for a 3.2 megawatt system at the Denver Federal Center. Getting more than $17 million in project funding are Denver-based Centerre Government Contracting and E Light Wind and Solar of Englewood.
28Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Denver Law Firm Joins CleanLaunch Tech Incubator
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has joined the newly formed CleanLaunch Technology Incubator, designed to serve entrepreneurs developing new technologies and assist start-up clean tech companies throughout the region.
19Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Vestas Windsor Plant Gets First U.S. Order since 2008
The facility has been essentially idle since December when it halted production to enable retraining of employees on new manufacturing technology. That production stoppage is expected to run through this month. Vestas will build 33 wind turbines for the Granite Reliable Power Windpark in New Hampshire.
11Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
You Can Go Home Again — A Colorado Energy Veteran Leads RePower’s Rise
Colorado Energy News recently caught up with RePower USA’s Steve Dayney, nearly six months after the initial announcement that his wind turbine company would be relocating from Portland to Denver.
8Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
GridPoint and SRE Sign Acquisition Agreement
Arlington, VA-based GridPoint, Inc. and Standard Renewable Energy (SRE) have announced that the companies have entered into an agreement for GridPoint to acquire SRE. GridPoint expects to close the transaction in the first quarter of 2010, subject to closing conditions.
2Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Renewables Biz Watch — C02 Capture Partnership, Biofuels Pact, Solar BioRefinery Dream
New Sky Energy says it has signed a research agreement with the School of Mines to build a fully operating, scalable model of its CO2 capture technology. In other news, Abound Solar inked an agreement (of understanding) with a Canadian vendor to recycle its scrap material; and Sundrop Fuels is seeking major funding to build the world’s first solar-powered biorefinery.
29Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
PV Business Updates
Boulder-based Lighthouse Solar has joined SolarRun and SolarCity in essentially offering Colorado homeowners in the Xcel Energy service territory a “no money down” deal to install a PV system. And Juwi Solar, also in Boulder, has sold its Blue Wing solar project in Texas to an arm of Duke Energy.
28Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
CSU, Solix Part of $44M Consortium Announced by Sec. Chu
While ultimate deployment success of the algae-to-oil market remains an iffy proposition, that isn’t stopping Colorado State and Solix from making news as the only Colorado-based entities in the collaboration, which is also the only DOE-funded consortium to focus solely on algae.
14Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Management Changes at Ascent Solar Technologies
The Thornton-based manufacturer of flexible thin-film PV modules manufacturer has hired Zane Rakes to serve as the Company’s Vice President of Manufacturing Operations. Also joining the company is Robert “Bob” Johns who comes onboard Ascent as its new Vice President of Sales.
5Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
State Solar Tracks —
Noteworthy Installs But a Big One is Dropped
While the CSU installation in Fort Collins and newly commissioned PV system for Alamosa High School were celebrated, news of First Solar dropping its 150 Mw utility-scale project in the San Luis Valley cast doubt in some quarters on the viability of such developments.
23Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Solar Leasing Market Heats Up with SolarCity’s Arrival
SolarCity’s chief competition is SunRun, which launched its own leasing program in Colorado earlier this fall. Like SunRun, SolarCity’s program will be initially available only to homeowners in the Xcel Energy territory. But there are significant differences.
16Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
UQM Technologies Acquires Longmont Facility for Expanded Production
A major emphasis of the company is developing products for the alternative energy technologies sector including propulsion systems for electric powered vehicles, as well as power accessories and distributed energy generation applications.
15Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Vestas Furloughing 500 Workers at Windsor Plant
The company’s Chief Executive Ditlev Engel indicated back in October there would be a slowing in his company’s U.S. job growth because of the weak market here. Late yesterday Vestas said the furloughed workers would still be paid and retrained on other tasks, but turbine blade production is being put on hold.
8Dec2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued-
Colorado is NOT Arizona
His critics will never acknowledge it, but executive leadership like the kind provided by Colorado’s governor can make a critical difference in a state’s economic well-being, even in the depths of a severe recession. Think we’re overstating the case? Take a look at what recently took place in Arizona, a state never known for consistent legislative policy-making.
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