Projects
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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In the Field
Operating a 30-MW Colorado Solar Farm From One PC
Within a few days, Nick Thiel will take control of about 110,000 high-end solar panels pumping 30 megawatts of power onto the grid from a former potato and carrot farm. Thiel is operations manager of the San Luis Solar Ranch, a 300-acre facility in the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado, a high-desert area considered ideal for solar power generation.
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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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Tour CSU’s Impressive Solar Array in Fort Collins
The University was the first major public research institution in Colorado to install a major solar facility and currently sits with such company as the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and the U.S. Air Force for solar capacity.
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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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Private Solar Array in Works for Garfield County
This latest edition to the region’s renewable energy envelope is being built on a 300-acre farm, owned by Kenneth Sack, and perched on a mesa top that overlooks the Colorado River to the north. He plans to eventually have a community solar garden functioning on the site.
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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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