Tag: Solar Energy
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Lakewood launches first 100% solar facility
The new canopy covering the Charles Whitlock Recreation Center’s parking lot in Lakewood isn’t just for decoration — it’s powering the entire facility. The city of Lakewood cut the ribbon on its first on-site solar installation at a city facility Thursday, unveiling the Whitlock Recreation Center Solar Project after nearly four years of designing and…
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Colorado residents face high energy bills after regulators turn away from natural gas, experts say
Colorado residents could be paying a lot more for home energy, following the state’s decision last week to turn away from natural gas as a home cooking and heating fuel, experts said. Some 1.9 million Colorado households warm their homes each winter using gas. That’s also how tens of thousands of businesses heat their buildings.…
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Community Solar Innovation Summit discusses future of solar energy amidst potential turmoil
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Participants in the annual Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) conference were set to discuss innovations in the energy source this week, but looming legislation thrust the industry’s potentially shaky future into the spotlight. “We’ve ridden this solar coaster. Uncertainty is something we’ve faced before,”…
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BLM proposes opening 22 million acres of federal land, including in Colorado, for solar development
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management spent $4.3 million producing a proposal to open another 22 million acres of federal lands across 11 western states, including Colorado, to development of solar farms and battery storage. The agency is holding two virtual, and six in-person, open house meetings across the West in February and March to…
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Denver solar home tour Saturday
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When the Solar Energy Research Institute, now National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, staged a tour of 12 new solar home designs built across the Denver area in 1981, engineer John Avenson bought a tour house that was built in Westminster. The month-long Institute tour drew a hundred thousand visitors to homes scattered around Golden,…
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Denver OKs emission reductions for large buildings, $26 million in solar energy projects
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council unanimously passed two bills Monday that will establish new emissions regulations for large buildings and greenlight a $26 million contract for solar energy projects throughout the city. The first bill requires all large commercial and multifamily buildings in the city to…
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Denver committee OKs $26 million, 25-year contract for solar energy projects
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council safety committee approved a $26 million, 25-year contract Wednesday to fund solar power generating facilities and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the city. The full City Council will vote on whether to approve the contract in the coming weeks. If passed, the…
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Construction begins on Denver International Airport solar projects
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Work has begun at Denver International Airport to construct two new solar arrays, intended to more than double the amount of solar energy generated at the airport by 2022, the airport announced Monday. Once completed, the two solar arrays are expected to generate 36 million…
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Xcel Energy looking at preserving Hayden plant as molten salt energy storage facility
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facing Gov. Jared Polis’ mandate to eliminate coal as a source for electrical power generation by 2050, Xcel Energy is looking into repurposing its Hayden coal-fired power plant in northwestern Colorado to preserve its investment in the plant and aid the economic health of nearby…
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Colorado oil and gas industry leaders look to recovery
The continuing need for oil and gas isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, as evidence by the world’s use during the global business shutdowns caused by the pandemic of 2020. Which means demand is about to surge as world economies recover. That’s according to several panelists who participated Colorado Business Roundtable’s “Road to Recovery Series: Colorado’s…