Projects
Vestas Building On-Site Turbine to Showcase Technology
The turbine will serve as a show model for the Danish manufacturer because it is finding that potential U.S. buyers of wind turbines are more likely than their European counterparts to request site visits and the latest testing data.
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NREL, EPA Partner to Develop Renewable Energy on
Potentially Contaminated Sites
The project will analyze the feasibility of developing wind, solar, or small hydro projects at 12 sites, as well as determine the potential generating capacity, return on investment and economic viability.
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NREL Battery Testing Capabilities Get a Boost
The Department of Energy is looking to help the U.S. battery industry with a simple goal — to mass produce better batteries domestically while addressing safety, affordability, life, and performance. As a result, more work and funding for battery research is coming to the NREL in Golden.
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Wells Fargo Activates Solar Array in Denver Metro
Several Wells Fargo stores in Colorado became the first in the company to use solar energy when the recently installed solar photovoltaic systems at 10 Denver Metro stores were activated today. The company also announced an incentive to help make solar more manageable for its Colorado customers.
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Solar Initiative Approved for Denver Public Schools
The projects are the result of more than two years of planning and coordination by Denver-based renewable energy developer Oak Leaf Energy Partners with the DPS and the Denver Green Print Council. Boulder-based Namasté Solar will design and build what will be the largest solar project for schools in Colorado when completed.
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>> Wind Turbine Business Tracks >>>
New Denver transplant, RePower USA has inked a deal for nine wind turbines to be installed at a Michigan community wind farm project in Michigan, while Broomfield’s RES Americas has substantially completed the 44 MW Wild Horse Expansion Wind Project in Kittitas County Washington.
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RES Americas Completes Wild Horse Wind Project
The Broomfield-based renewable energy company has announced the substantial completion of the Wild Horse Expansion Wind Project on November 9th. The 44 megawatt (MW) project, in Kittitas County Washington, expands the existing Wild Horse Wind Facility from 229 MW to 273 MW through the addition of 22 Vestas V80 2.0 MW wind turbines.
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DOE, NREL “Go Big” with 1.5-MW R&D Turbine
The large-scale wind turbine, the first unit fully owned by DOE, will serve as a platform for research projects aimed at improving the performance of wind technology and lowering the costs of wind energy. Previously, only smaller wind turbines were installed at the NWTC. View the time-lapse video of the installation to the right!
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PV Mapping Project Launched by DOE and NREL
The project will provide a Web-based resource for users to easily understand the current status and past progress of the PV industry from the data that show current and recent trends of the PV market. Additionally, users may add their own PV installation data, browse PV data entered by others, and view statistics.
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Colorado Carbon Fund Announces First Project
The 1.4-megawatt project, a joint effort of Colorado-based Timberline Energy, LLC, the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA), the Portland, Ore.-based Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) and the Colorado Carbon Fund (CCF), is expected to produce enough electricity to power about 900 local homes.
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Technology Spotlight –
Colorado’s First Solar Thermal Installation Integrated With a Coal Plant
“The thing that’s attractive about this is you only have to buy the solar field portion of the plant, which is 50 to 60 percent of the cost of the plant,” says Hank Price, director of technology at Abengoa Solar. “It’s potentially the most cost-effective way to get significant solar power on the grid.”
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Delays May Doom Wind Farm Project
Debtors are knocking at their door and time is running short for promoters of the $500 million Maxwell Ranch project to deliver or lose their lease. Wind Holding must begin construction and secure an agreement with a transmission provider by September 25th.
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CSU Adds Solar Power Plant to Foothills Campus
The new installation is part of Xcel Energy’s Solar Rewards program and officials say it will generate enough solar power to meet more than 10 percent of the university’s electric energy needs on the Fort Collins campus.
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Tri-State and Duke Energy in Major Wind Project for Eastern Plains
In keeping with a policy shift to generate more power from renewable resources, Colorado’s second largest utility and Duke Energy are partnering on the Kit Carson Windpower Project near Burlington. When completed late next year it will supply 51-megawatts of power to Tri-State customers under a 20-year power-purchase agreement.
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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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