All Posts Tagged With: "Renewable Energy"

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National Perspective — U.S. Energy Use is Dropping and Shifting to Renewables

The research reveals that energy use is dropping at a pace that is faster than would be expected based on the slowing economy alone. What’s more, the growth in renewable energy, coupled with increased use of natural gas, is displacing significant amounts of coal.

25Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Weld County Approves ‘Manure Energy’ Plant

Using 24 covered anaerobic digesters, the solid waste disposal site will turn cattle manure into a gas that could supply power to as many as 22,000 homes.

22Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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U.S. Business Leaders Call for Revolution in Energy Technology Innovation

The key, they say, is reforming and strengthening U.S. investment in energy innovation — the most critical element to securing America’s future. This isn’t just another clean energy advocacy group. Members range from Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Chad Holliday, former CEO of DuPont, to GE’s Jeff Immelt and Lockheed Martin’s former chair, Norm Augustine.

1Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Summit County:
Biomass Energy Benefits Not a Slam-Dunk

Biomass energy from beetle-killed trees is often touted as a possible win-win scenario, but as Bob Berwn reports from Summit County, it’s not quite as simple as chopping up the wood and feeding it into wood-fired boilers.

6Jun2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Colorado Considers More Oversight of Tri-State

Driving the PUC’s look at the wholesale power supplier are concerns about climate change, uncertainty about future development costs and state mandates for more renewable energy. All that warrants a comprehensive look at statewide energy use, the commission says. Tri-State, however, questions the commission’s legal authority to oversee its plans.

21May2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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BLM to Get $305M Facelift — Including Funds
for Renewables

The money will be used to update BLM facilities, trails and roads, as well as help jumpstart renewable energy projects, with $41 million allocated to alleviate the backlog of pending applications for solar and wind energy projects on BLM lands.

4May2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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National, Regional and State Updates

>> Lobbyists Swarm Washington Touting Energy Ideas
>> States Anxious as Obama Shapes Climate Policy
>> A Natural Gas Glut Adds to Industry Downturn
>> State Lawmakers Ready for More Oil and Gas Debate
>> Carbondale is Solar Happy

23Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Pike Research–
Renewables DG Market to Exceed $60 Billion
within Five Years

The Boulder-based market research firm says global system revenues for sub-utility scale Renewable Distributed Energy Generation (RDEG) rose 76% in 2007 and 2008 to an estimated $29.9 billion by the end of last year.

19Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Thorny Issue of Power-Line Siting Threatens
Energy Progress

The dispute over power-line siting authority surfaced in Washington, D.C. last week. And it has the potential to derail all of the well-intentioned renewable-energy programs now underway in Colorado and the West.

16Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Stimulus Could Benefit Big Turbine Manufacturers

“Dollar-wise, the big guys will get the bulk of it,” said Hugh Wynne, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein, about the package which has spending and tax breaks for power lines, wind mills and smart meters.

12Feb2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Special Report: U.S. BioPower — The Road Ahead

The slowing of the development of the Biopower industry in the U.S. can be traced to high feedstock costs due to inadequate infrastructure and lack of accounting for the positive environmental attributes of biomass in the market.

29Jan2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Help for the Looming Energy Workforce Shortage
From an Unexpected Source

GoodWill’s Energy Workforce Program is enabling students like Chris Martinez, a former high school dropout, to graduate with a skill set designed to help him land a job in Colorado’s New Energy Economy.

23Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Outlook: Experts Draft 2009 Energy Road Map

“No politician will introduce any kind of bill to slow down renewable energy,” says Harpole. “I don’t see that steam engine slowing down at all.” That means that projects launched in the boom years are likely to continue, even if at a slower pace.

20Jan2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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New Energy Economy 2.0 from Ritter in
in State of the State Speech

The Governor actually lumped traditional oil and gas development in with his reference to the New Energy Economy, even acknowledging the critical role it plays. Read the speech’s energy highlights compiled by our editors — and see a video response from the Republicans.

9Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Capitol Report
The GOP on Energy & the Environment 2009

“Renewable sources of energy must be cultivated in Colorado not only to create jobs and stumilate the economy, but also to increase our energy independence. But we can’t forget the role traditional energy must play.”

8Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The 10 Biggest Cleantech Victories in 2008

There were some disappointments, including electric car maker Tesla hitting a wall and T. Boone Pickens putting his massive wind power project on ice. But the nascent industry also saw a lot of significant milestones in 2008. Here are some of the green highlights.

2Jan2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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