All Posts Tagged With: "Clean Energy Collective"
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
Community Solar Garden Developer Lands
Two New Projects
Clean Energy Collective was hired this fall to install a 500-kilowatt solar garden as part of an alternative-energy pilot project in Colorado Springs. It was also selected by the San Miguel Power Association to build a 1-megawatt solar farm near Telluride.
29Nov2011 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedIn Recognition … Colorado Companies Lead the Way in Cleantech and Energy Innovation
The Clean Energy Collective was chosen Innovative Green Power Program of the Year, part of the DOE’s
Green Power Leadership Awards. The two big winners at the CCIA Awards were Englewood-based Gevo as High Impact Cleantech Company of the Year and RavenBrick for Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year.
Colorado Springs Council Paves Way for Community Solar Gardens
Colorado Springs City Council unanimously approved a new rate structure for Colorado Springs Utilities that will enable community solar gardens in which residents can purchase a share of a large PV projects rather than installing panels on their own roof.
28Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedPrivate 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.
8Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedClean Energy Authority Gains Momentum in Garfield County
The collaborative would use state legislation that allows local governments to join together to create a freestanding regional authority. In this case, it would focus on energy efficiency and advancing economic development through renewable energy measures.
31Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedRifle Gets Charged About Solar Garden
The occasion marked the culmination of Clean Energy Collective’s most ambitious community-owned PV project yet — and the largest of its kind nationally — in what some would describe as an unlikely locale.
15Jun2011 | admin | 2 comments | ContinuedPitkin County Says No to Community Solar Initiative
The Rifle PV array aside, Pitkin County Commissioners continued their arcane policy of not allowing homeowners to invest in a community solar farm with its decision last week. Aspen may do the same.
21Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedEnergy and the Bleak West Slope Economy
The region has yet to recover from the 2009 double whammy of the oil and gas downturn coupled with the national economic meltdown. Too many unemployed workers continue to chase too few jobs. In Garfield County, however, clean energy development offers a glimmer of hope.
4Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedSolar Biz Updates –
>> Ascent Solar in Belgium Distribution Agreement
>> Abound Solar Gets Key UK Certification
>> Summit County Completes Multiple Installs
>> IKEA’s New Centennial Store Going Solar
>> Panel Thefts on Rise
Western Slope UPDATES
>> Holy Cross May Tap Methane Gas From Mines
>> Solar Battle Brews at Garfield County Airport
>> Garfield County Wants Antero, Critics to Compromise
>> Oil and Gas Permitting Drops in Moffat County
Eagle County Extends Eco-Build Rebates to Community-Owned Solar
The County decision will now allow Eagle County residents who purchased solar in Clean Energy Collective’s recently built Mid-Valley Community Solar Array in El Jebel to apply for the additional rebate under the 2010 program.
29Nov2010 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedFinal Approval Paves Way for State’s Largest
Private Solar Array
The Clean Energy Collective has received final FAA approval for a utility-scale solar array located on a 5-acre parcel at the Garfield County Airport in Rifle. The will be the second community-owned clean energy facility in the the company’s portfolio, and at 1.5 MW –the largest private array in Colorado.
14Nov2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued