All Posts Tagged With: "solar gardens"
A Harvest of Solar Gardens for Colorado
“We now are assisting over a dozen Colorado projects, from Antonito, near the New Mexico border, up to Larimer county adjacent to Wyoming, says Solar Panel Hosting CEO Joy Hughes. “Most of the sites are on retired farmland, old mines
or landfills. In the cities, we are looking at covered parking and big roofs.”
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 | Continued
Colorado Springs Startup Aims to Launch
Solar Garden
Renewable energy initiatives have been a rarity here.
For example, last year only 35 households installed solar panels and local utilities have not aggressively pursued solar and promoted rebates. Now, a pair of entrepreneurs are seeking to go where others have feared to tread.
Rifle 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 | Continued
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 | Continued
Raising the Bar: Colorado’s New 30% Renewable Energy Standard Expands DG Development Opportunities
“Retail” DG is defined by HB 10-1001 as renewable generation that is located on a customer’s property where the customer is using electricity. “Wholesale” DG refers to renewable energy resources with a nameplate rating of 30 MW or less that is not Retail DG. A CEN Exclusive
24Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
First Community Solar Garden Goes Live on West Slope
Year-round and seasonal residents of the Roaring Fork Valley have bought individual portions of the array for as little as $725 per panel, or $3.15/kW. Local utility coop Holy Cross Energy will then credit members’ utility bills directly each month at $0.11/kWh based on how much solar each member owns in the array.
20Aug2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Focus on Renewables Development Policy
This Installment: COMMUNITY SOLAR GARDENS
Welcome to Renewables Development Policy, a new topic area from Colorado Energy News created to provide our readers with reporting and insightful analysis of the most current issues impacting development of renewable energy in Colorado. This month we’re focusing on the opportunities and challenges involved with Community Solar Gardens.
18Aug2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Colorado Legislature Brings Power to the People
Governor Ritter recently celebrated the close of the Colorado General Assembly’s 2010 session by signing bills that figuratively, as will as literally, direct power to the people. In taking a long-term view on energy policy, the legislature seems to recognize that no single, silver-bullet solution exists to forge a new clean energy economy.
23Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
First Community-Owned Solar Garden Launches in Roaring Fork Valley
The organization behind the effort is Clean Energy Collective
of Carbondale, and it is the first of several sites the startup has in the works. CEC has developed a model for enabling a community to collectively own a clean energy facility—solar, wind, biomass, micro hydro— and directly reap the benefits.
Solar Gardens Gain on Legislative and Co-op Fronts
Gov. Ritter’s signing a few days ago of HB 1342 is a legislative move to enable renters and others who are unable to install solar panels on their own roofs to join forces and create community “solar gardens.” Clean Energy Collective, a private company on the West Slope, is making news with its own approach.
10Jun2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Levy’s Rural Electric Election, Solar Gardens Bills Headed to Ritter’s Desk
The REA election bill, a yawner of a topic but with huge implications for the type of power distributed by rural electric co-ops, stems from dissatisfaction by some members, politicians and environmentalists with how certain co-ops conduct board elections.
11May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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