Projects
IKEA Solar Panels Shadow Other
Big Box Retailers
Wal-Mart has snagged the spotlight for rooftop renewable energy systems in recent years, but global furnishings mega-retailer Ikea has so far out-paced Wally World big time in gearing up with solar. Their mega store in Centennial features a whole host of green efforts.
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Solar TRACKS
>> Record Number of Installations for U.S. in Third Quarter
>> Alamosa Site for January Hearing on Solar Zones
>> COSEIA Pushes for Tighter Permitting Processes
>> Solar Garden at C. Springs Landfill Moves Forward
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.
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Boulder’s juwi Solar Inks 20-Year Power
Purchase Agreement
The deal is with the Salt River Project in Arizona for 19 megawatts of photovoltaic energy from a facility to be built in a Phoenix suburb. The plant will utilize approximately 90,000 photovoltaic modules mounted on a single-axis tracking system that follows the sun.
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Xcel Gets PUC Approval for Limon Wind Farm Deal
The utility says the move will be a hedge against natural gas price fluctuations. The charge for the electricity from the Limon facility will start at $27.50 per megawatt-hour. Xcel’s average purchase cost for wind since 2007 has been $42.16.
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Company Moves Ahead with SLV Solar Farm Plans
Despite Xcel Energy’s intention not to purchase more utility-scale renewable generation, California-based SolarReserve submitted an application for a land-use permit to the Saguache County Board of Commissioners for the two facilities, which would sit on roughly 4,000 acres northeast of Center.
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CH2M Group Joining Niobrara Energy Park Work
“This region has $1.2 billion in economic activity, including power creation, data centers, natural gas plants and more,” Harrison said. The park would harness the solar-power potential of the area and attract oil and gas companies tapping the nearby Niobrara play.
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A Harvest of Solar Gardens for Colorado
“We now are assisting over a dozen Colorado projects, from Antonito, near the New Mexico border, up to Larimer county adjacent to Wyoming, says Solar Panel Hosting CEO Joy Hughes. “Most of the sites are on retired farmland, old mines
or landfills. In the cities, we are looking at covered parking and big roofs.”
CSU = SOLAR POWER
Colorado State is in the top four nationally for solar power at major public research universities, according to a new report just released. It hosts nearly 5,500 kilowatts largely concentrated on a 30-acre plant on the western edge of Fort Collins.
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Obama Pledges Rapid Permits for Seven Major Transmission Projects
The White House said the move will create “thousands” of construction and operations jobs, while transforming the nation’s electric system into a “modern, 21st century grid” that is safer and more secure, giving consumers more energy choices.
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Cedar Point Wind Project Completed Ahead
of Schedule
Broomfield-based Renewable Energy Systems Americas and Calgary-based Enbridge Inc., are celebrating the completion of the 250 megawatt (MW) Cedar Point Wind Project on the eastern plains of Colorado.
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Colorado Springs Startup Aims to Launch
Solar Garden
Renewable energy initiatives have been a rarity here.
For example, last year only 35 households installed solar panels and local utilities have not aggressively pursued solar and promoted rebates. Now, a pair of entrepreneurs are seeking to go where others have feared to tread.
Alamosa Solar Facility Gets $90M Loan Guarantee From DOE
The project represents one of the first utility-scale, high concentration photovoltaic energy generation facilities in the nation and, when completed, the largest of its kind in the world. Cogentrix estimates the project will support up to 100 construction jobs.
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People Power for DG
It will take a lot of “People Power” to overcome the stranglehold on renewable energy progress in Colorado and much of the U.S., argues Ceal Smith of the San Luis Valley Renewables Community Alliance. She offers three actions you can take now to support point of use “rooftop” distributed generation.
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