Renewable Energy
Black Hills Energy Files to Cut Solar Program
By Seventy-Five Percent
A spokesperson for the utility, which serves communities in southern Colorado, including Pueblo, said low natural gas prices are making renewables uneconomical to pursue.
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Pueblo Feeling Impact of Political Gridlock as Vestas Cuts Workforce — 30 More Lose Jobs at Brighton Plant
Getting Vestas to build its wind tower plant south of Pueblo required a generous recruitment package of $31.8 million in federal, state and local grants and tax waivers, including $11 million from Pueblo’s half-cent sales tax fund for economic development.
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Public-Private Partnership Brings Solar PV to Denver Affordable Housing
The DHA intends to add more than 2.5-MW of solar power to 387 affordable single-family residences by next April, a project that brings together local private sector businesses and public sector organizations.
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Colorado Earns “B” Grade on Renewable Energy
Report Card
The grading system is the brainchild of Lexington Institute, the publisher of EnergyTrends.org, which offers the letter grades to states as well as a lots of other information about energy production and use.
10Aug2012 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Senate Finance Committee Includes 1-Year Extension for PTC in Tax Extenders
“We’ll continue to push every way we know how until the tax credit is extended,” said Senator Bennet. It is an economic driver that’s critical to thousands of jobs in Colorado and tens of thousands of jobs across the country. At the same time it is strengthening and diversifying our energy profile.”
5Aug2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
NREL Study Shows Renewable Energy Potential
in Every State
The report is valuable for decision-makers and utility executives because it compares estimates across six renewable energy technologies and unifies assumptions and methods. It shows the achievable energy generation of a particular technology given resource availability – solar, wind, geothermal availability, etc.
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Top U.S. Solar Company Profits Amid Red
for Industry
First Solar Inc. (FSLR) Chairman Mike Ahearn has found the best way to make money from photovoltaics is to sell whole power plants to Warren Buffett and NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) instead of competing with China on panel sales.
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Interior’s Solar Energy Zones Initiative Targets 16,000 Plus Acres in the San Luis Valley
Colorado is one of six states that will be home to utility scale solar projects as part of the Solar Energy Zones initiative from the U.S. Department of Interior. The 285,000 acres across 17 sites include more than 16,000 acres in the San Luis Valley on the Western Slope.
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PUC Dismisses Appeal Of Xcel’s Renewable Energy Compliance Plan
The appeal included two requested changes to Xcel’s 2012-2013 Compliance Plan that SEIA says would have improved the business climate for Colorado solar businesses, which employ more than 6,000 people in the state.
20Jul2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
San Miguel Power Community Solar Groundbreaking July 31
The system is sited on seven acres in the northeast corner of Paradox Valley along U.S. Highway 90, approximately 15 miles west of Naturita, Colo. When completed, it will provide enough electricity to power roughly 220 homes within SMPA’s service territory.
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Summit County Readies to Compete for Solar Gardens Ahead of Xcel Offering
The interest for community solar gardens in towns like Breckenridge is very high, according to Braun. “That’s what we’re finding in these resort-driven towns. There’s plenty of audience to sell out for the second [project] as well,” he said.
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Low Natural Gas Prices Hammer Renewable Energy Sector
The present glut of natural gas has seen prices free fall from its high of $20 per million British thermal units in 2003, to the current lows of under $3. The low prices will continue to pose a threat to the future growth of wind and solar energy until at least 2030 according to the International Renewable Energy Energy Agency, a United Nation’s agency.
10Jul2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
GE Puts Planned Solar Manufacturing Plant
in Aurora on 18-Month Hold
The GE Primestar plant near Interstate 70 and Tower
Road would have been the largest solar panel factory in the county and employ 335 people. Tom Clark of the
Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation said
the company’s aim is for its next iteration of their panel
to be competitive.
- Tri-State’s Expanding Wind Footprint
The electric cooperative’s 67-megawatt Colorado Highlands Wind project is expanding to 91 megawatts. Construction, using 14 GE turbines, is expected to commence in July and be completed this fall.
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Thanks for the info Fred! 
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