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The Calm Before the Solar Storm
How do we know solar has officially arrived? Some major electricity players are aggressively moving into the distributed solar market. NRG Energy, whose core business model has been based on providing central thermal power to distribution utilities, is now shifting gears to start offering solar and natural gas combinations direct to consumers.
23May2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
CSU Database Tracks Energy Legislation Nationwide
This first-of-its-kind resource, created in partnership with the Advanced Energy Economy, will also enable the University’s Center for the New Energy Economy to conduct analysis of trends in state energy legislation.
8May2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Debate Shows Some Common Ground, Many Differences on Fracking Regulation
The lunchtime debate at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law highlighted some of the conflicting views about the appropriate roles of local and state regulation, as well as larger questions about energy policies.
3Apr2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Debunking Rhodium: Natural Gas, Not Renewables, Drives Historic Emissions Declines
It has been rapidly replacing coal power in recent years, driving down U.S. emissions faster than in any country in the world. But to some renewable energy advocates who have long prophesied that solar and wind are on the cusp of replacing coal, such a reality can’t possibly be happening.
4Mar2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
The COLORADO View From Washington:
Udall, Tipton and Gardner on the Future of American Energy Policy
Our interview with Sen. Mark Udall, and Representatives Gardner and Tipton reveals consensus and divide on the road ahead for energy policy, and its impact on jobs, the economy, life in Colorado and the nation.
25Feb2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Overdue Energy Efficiency Standards Costing
U.S. $$ Billions
Despite his rhetoric about climate change, President Obama’s Administration continues to delay implementation of energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment that are among the most successful ways to quickly cut energy consumption and contribute to economic growth.
18Feb2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Special Feature: Mineral Rights – The Probate Journey
Unlike other states, each energy company in Colorado that leases mineral interests requires that a probate be opened for all those people in the chain of title, in order to legally transfer those interests of the deceased to the living heirs.
5Feb2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Energy CFOs Predict M&A Activity to Rise in 2013
According to a new study by BDO USA, LLP, mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. oil and gas industry will rise in 2013 as companies seek to strengthen their financial position and take advantage of increased prices and an anticipated abundant supply and demand for oil and gas.
10Jan2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
NREL to Help Convert Methane to Liquid Diesel
The amount of natural gas simply flared or vented from oil wells globally is enormous – equal to one-third of the amount of petroleum used in the U.S. each year. And every molecule of methane vented to the atmosphere in that process has the global-warming capacity of 12 molecules of carbon dioxide.
3Jan2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Energy Experts Say Drilling Can Be Made Cleaner
The good news, nearly all sides agree, is that the technology exists to control methane gas leaks and other air pollution associated with drilling. The bad news is that the industry is booming so rapidly that some companies and some regulators can’t seem to get ahead of the problems, which could ultimately cost billions of dollars to remedy.
15Dec2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Conservation, Reuse Plans for Colorado River
The seven basin states and the Bureau of Reclamation agree that conservation, efficiency and reuse programs must be a significant piece of any strategy for meeting future water demand. The population in the West is expected to rise by 50% in the next 50 years; at the same time, Colorado River flows are projected to decline by nearly 10%.
13Dec2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
NREL Teams up to Track Solar Pricing Trends
The Golden facility is partnering with Berkeley Lab to analyze solar pricing trends and benchmark “soft” costs for PV Systems as downward pricing is projected to continue; soft costs made up 40-50 percent of residential and commercial PV prices in 2010.
12Dec2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Renewable Energy Key to Swing States Results Say Groups
New polls released by the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and the Advanced Energy Economy Ohio Institute show that voters in Colorado, Iowa, Ohio and Virginia – all states that were critical in deciding the outcome of the presidential election – support renewable energy.
16Nov2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued- Survey: Global Warming, Clean Energy Should be Priorities
Six in 10 Americans want the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions regardless of other countries’ emissions efforts, according to the survey. Only 6% say the U.S. should not reduce its greenhouse emissions. The study also shows only half of Americans have heard of the Keystone XL pipeline. Among those who have heard of the pipeline, 63% support the project.
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Oil/Gas Industry: Trust us! We care, we really do. The rest of the us: No! 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
I think its a 10% mandate not 5%. 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...
Thanks for highlighting all the great work the Northern Colorado Chapter of CRES is doing. One small but important correction--the ...