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Colorado’s fourth biogas project

Colorado’s fourth biogas project

Boulder is the fourth to complete a biogas conversion project in Colorado, three of them occurring in the last year. A bill likely to be introduced in the next legislative session would give utilities further incentive to develop renewable natural gas.

Dust settles from 100% dispute

Dust settles from 100% dispute

A Colorado energy researcher stands to get $75,000 after a legal dustup about how rapidly the United States can achieve a 100% renewable energy grid.

E-flights move forward

E-flights move forward

Bye Aerospace has received $10 million in funding, the first half from a venture capital group earlier this year followed by a $5 million venture raise.

Agriculture and global warming

Agriculture and global warming

Colorado dryland farmer John Stulp says a majority of farmers and ranchers believe global warming is happening, and he says they sometimes get a bad rap. They’re a solution, not the problem.

Squeezing the carbon from homes

Squeezing the carbon from homes

Big houses use more energy. Period. But can carbon emissions be wrung out of those bigger houses. New regulations in Colorado’s Pitkin County seek to begin the drive toward net-zero during the coming decade. Boulder County is doing the same.

Natural gas questions and tensions

Natural gas questions and tensions

Tension has been rising around the role of natural gas. A new Sierra Club report counters a push by a utilities in California about “renewable natural gas.” Colorado’s oil and gas sectors hopes to quash local natural gas bans with an initiative on the November ballot.

The cost of leaving Tri-State G&T

The cost of leaving Tri-State G&T

United Power would pay $234.8 million to leave Tri-State Generation & Transmission under a methodology recommended by an administrative law judge to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.

Acceleration of the energy transition

Acceleration of the energy transition

Long ago — late 2018 — a declaration of an 80% emissions reduction by 2030 seemed so bold. But Colorado Springs demonstrates its attainability. A new report says even more is possible.

Solar more expensive than necessary?

Solar more expensive than necessary?

In renewable generation, as in grocery shopping, prices do matter. This former NREL researcher makes the case that Colorado utilities should not be forced to grab some expensive solar when cheaper solar can be had.

Platte River’s windy addition

Platte River’s windy addition

The new Roundhouse has begun production. With completion of a solar farm later this year, four northern Colorado communities served by Platte River Power Authority will get 50% of their electricity from non-carbon sources.

Solar at the headwaters

Solar at the headwaters

The high elevations and generally sunny skies make Colorado’s Middle and North Parks suited for good solar production, and a new solar cooperative hopes to assist that in happening.

Solar gardens in the urban fabric

Solar gardens in the urban fabric

Denver aims to integrate more solar gardens into the urban fabric, but with more goals than merely reducing the city’s dependence upon imported electricity.

Colorado’s uncertain path to 2030

Colorado’s uncertain path to 2030

Colorado officials charged with substantially decarbonizing the state’s economy in the next 10 years are struggling with whether a set of smaller actions can get the job done. Or is something much bigger needed?

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