All Posts Tagged With: "colorado"
Niobrara Boom Heats Up Industrial Real Estate Market
The impact of the Niobrara boom in northern Weld County is being felt throughout northern Colorado — from the jobs it’s creating to the tax treasuries it’s fueling.
27Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Loveland Technology Park Names Developer
United Properties joined government officials at the meeting to provide the latest news on the proposed Aerospace and Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Park — ACE, for short. Discussions with at least 25 potential tenants will be launched next week, according to project backers.
10Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
FRIDAY NEWS ROUND-UP (plus a few quotes)
>> Vestas Continues Roll With 73-Turbine Order
>> Gas Storage Facility Rising in Sterling
>> Udall Floats REAL Act to Spur More Solar Leasing
>> New Report on Changing Clean Energy Biz Models
>> SolarCity Gets More Funding
Custom Home Development Seeks Net Zero Goals
Wild Pointe Ranch in Elizabeth will be one of the largest energy conscious communities in the country when complete, as well as the first in the American market to use integrated energy systems.
22May2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Erie Names Encana 2010 Corporation Business of the Year
The award recognition can be traced back to a major change in Encana’s relationship with the community beginning in 2008. That was the year the company launched a program entitled “Courtesy Matters,” and both Encana and Erie credit it as being the single most important step taken to improve the relationship between the two.
10Feb2011 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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
Vestas Opens Engineering Facility in Louisville
Within a year, the company plans to employ 75 to 125 engineers, scientists and support staff at an estimated payroll of $8 million. “This is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Mayor Chuck Sisk. “It is not just Louisville; it is the entire Boulder- Broomfield valley.”
9Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
BLM Sets Rental Rate for Solar Plant Sites
“While oil and gas companies have received more than 74,000 permits to operate on federal lands in the past two decades, utility-scale solar developers have received zero,” said Rhone Resch, president of The Solar Energy Industries Association, as he praised the move.
11Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Large Scale Solar vs. Point-of-Use DG –
The Debate Heats Up in the San Luis Valley
Residents support solar, but are wary of centralized, large-scale photovoltaic arrays in the rural valley. Small-scale solar projects near existing sub-stations make more sense, say supporters.They advocate phased-in local, point-of-use renewable energy generation.
25May2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Colorado Town Votes to Halt Wind Development
The community of La Veta, located about 160 miles south of Denver, said “wow” to the rush of proposals to build wind farms in the area. It’s Town Council voted last week to oppose the planned 7,000-acre Silver Mountain wind farm two miles from town.
1Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Wind Energy Business Coming to Colorado
Colorado’s “business-friendly environment, skilled workforce, and dedication to economic development and business assistance,” were the key factors in the decision to locate to the state, according to Bach’s CEO, Geert Skovsgaard.
20Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Vestas Backs Its $1 Billion Worth of Wind Projects in Colorado
The Windsor plant was originally slated to have 450 employees but will have 650 by next year, according to the company. The global recession and credit crunch have hobbled Vestas … But leading the way in sales in the first six months was the U.S.
2Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Enterprise Opens Central Treating Facility Near Meeker
Located about 8 miles south of the company’s recently expanded Meeker gas processing complex, the central treating faciilty can handle as much as 200 MMcfd as well as production from ExxonMobil’s properties in nearby Piceance basin.
6Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
I hope they do get that extension. GO for it!
I found a couple incentives on energygridiq.com in Colorado that ...
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I read your post and and it's nice to be hear that DU offers new
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