All Posts Tagged With: "coal-fired generation"

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Tri-State Subsidiary Buys Colorado Coal Mine

While Xcel Energy continues its push to convert several of its coal-fired power plants to cleaner burning natural gas as part of meeting Colorado’s renewable energy mandate, the largest electrical co-op in the state is doubling down on coal as its primary generation source.

6Dec2011 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Report: Renewables Role in Power Gen Up While Overall Energy Use Declines

The biggest consumer of renewable energy in 2009 was, not surprisingly, the electric power sector — at a whooping 53% of the total amount. Going forward, will power markets still favor cheap natural gas over renewables if energy consumption increases?

13Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Xcel Energy Files Accelerated Clean-Air Plan

The key component of the revised plan to cut air emissions from coal-fired power plants is an accelerated time-frame that, if met, would enable Colorado’s largest utility to meet the 2017 deadline set by the Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act passed earlier this year.

26Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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News From the Mountain Bureau –

>> Garfield County in Talks About Drill Pit Liners
>> Aspen’s St. Regis Resort Gets Solar Thermal System
>> XCEL Partners on West Slope Solar Power Plant Project
>> Gas Production in Colorado and Rockies Finally Declines
>> Hydro Power in Roaring Fork Valley Closer to Reality

28Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Public Packs Valmont Power Plant Hearing
in Boulder

Residents took their turn at the podium in the County Courthouse for nearly four hours, pleading with the state’s Air Quality Control Commission to deny the permit for a host of reasons, mostly centering on the CO2 released each year when coal is burned at the plant northeast of Boulder.

15Jul2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued


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