All Posts Tagged With: "NREL"

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Renewables Face New Challenges — Will They Be Ready for Prime Time Any Time Soon?

NREL Director Dan Arvizu, speaking Monday at the the EnergyBiz Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., warned that potential federal budget reductions, if enacted, could derail or delay by years crucial progress on clean energy technologies that would benefit the nation. His full remarks:

1Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Super-Efficient Cells Key to Low-Cost
Solar Power

Amonix and NREL combined talents to develop a solar power concentrator that generates electricity at prices competitive with natural gas. The technology delivers more “energy per acre” than anything yet available in the solar energy world — and utilities are taking notice.

21Feb2011 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Boulder Wind Power Raises $8 Million in Funding

The money will be used to continue development and commercialization of the company’s direct drive technology for utility scale wind energy. NREL veteran Sandy Buttefield co-founded Boulder Wind Power in 2009, along with Jim Smith and Matt Jore.

3Feb2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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In the WIND …

The 51-megawatt Kit Carson windpower project near Burlington is now operating, according to Duke Energy. The Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is buying the power produced by the farm under a 20-year agreement with a Duke subsidiary.

1Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Will Pueblo Become Colorado’s
Solar Capital?

“Under our 20-year power-purchase agreement, in year 20, we will still be paying 2.8 cents a kilowatt-hour for our 750 KW of installed solar, said Greg Severance (pictured). “Imagine what the BHE electricity costs of that energy will be in 2030?”

17Nov2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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THE LOCAL BUZZ –

Plenty happening in Colorado in every sector of the energy space. Here is a roundup of the latest news, deals and policy developments … reported from Windsor, Denver, Broomfield, Golden, Centennial, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction and Huerfano County.

1Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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NREL and Partners to Support Natural Gas Engine and Vehicle Development

Together, the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the California Energy Commission (CEC), and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) will invest up to $13.5 million to support the development of natural gas engines and vehicles.

22Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Brookings Institution Report: Mountain West Poised to Lead Energy System Transformation

The report encourages the U.S. to move proactively and aggressively to build the proposed Intermountain West network of high-powered energy innovation commercialization centers, and thereby creating the “next economy” in the mountain region and nationally.

6Sep2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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CU and NREL Name New RASEI Director

Michael L. Knotek brings more than 35 years of experience to RASEI, a joint institute between CU-Boulder and NREL. Since 2001 he has served as a consultant specializing in transitions and creating new research directions in agency and institutional programs, projects and major research facilities.

11Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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In Depth — Brownfields’ Alternative:
Solar and Wind Energy

NREL is evaluating sites for renewable energy potential on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency because the land is cheap, often abandoned, close to such necessary infrastructure as power lines and roads, usually properly zoned, and void of developer interest.

6Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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New Study Presents Positive Outlook for Integrating
Renewables Into the Grid

“This is further validation of what we’ve been saying - that obtaining 20% or more of America’s electricity from wind turbines is an achievable and desirable goal for our economy, environment, and energy security. Now the only question is whether Congress and the Administration will step up and enact the policies that will allow us to get there.”

24May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Former NREL Chief Engineer Leads New Turbine Company

Sandy Butterfield says Boulder Wind Power will design and build the next generation of direct-drive wind turbines. It plans to have 15 employees in place by this summer and possibly 30 by the end of the year.

4Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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NREL to Test Alcoa’s CSP Parabolic Trough System

The regimen at the Golden facility is part of a process which the manufacturing giant hopes will lead to CSP becoming a viable competitor to glass mirrors currently being used in commercial systems.

20Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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