Can Colorado achieve 2030 greenhouse goals?
Polis administration says Colorado can indeed achieve 2030 GHG goals — by 2031
Going underground to tame emissions
Most of Colorado’s energy transition has been above ground. Does 100% emissions reduction depend upon geothermal technologies and carbon sequestration?
A few surprises in new Colorado geothermal report
A hot spot in the Republican River Basin. Who would have thought?
Colorado as a model for other states
How this inland state can offers pointers to other states about moving forward in the energy transition
June was Colorado’s 2nd or 3rd warmest ever
Centennial State lags global rise in temperature but all but one month of the last year have exceeded long-term averages
Life after Craig coal
A deal has been reached for Tri-State’s pivot from coal. Now it’s up to Colorado regulators
Polis: geothermal could be 4%-8% of electricity
Colorado governor had made Heat Beneath Our Feet his signature initiative during his year as chair of the Western Governors’ Assocation
What was left unsaid in Pueblo?
Lots of facts about nuclear , but more important was who was not there and who was not talking
Duane Highley and Tri-State’s journey from coal
Colorado’s second-biggest electrical generator looks at geothermal, nuclear, and other options as it closes coal plants
Will this program work for Tri-State members
Some member cooperatives of Tri-State have craved contracts that allow them the ability to generate more of their own power. Will this idea deliver?
Tri-State to own two solar projects
G&T attributes ownership plan to changes wrought by Inflation Reduction Act
Solar in southwest Colorado
La Plata Electric directors snip the ribbon on 1.7-megawatt Sunnyside Community Solar
Electrical coop elections in Colorado
The results from Sangre de Cristo, Delta-Montrose nad Holy Cross
Co-ops get federal help for solar and storage
Delta-Montrose Electric getting a big boost from Department of Agriculture program. Poudre Valley REA getting an assist, too.
TV meteorologist Nelson recognized
Fixture on Denver TV has for decades slipped in references to the changing climate
Winds of (climate) change
Boulder, in particular, but other Front Range communities get some real blasts. Another one arrived on April 6. But unlike so much else with climate change, they’re not getting worse. Why is that?
A perfect storm for fire insurance
After devastating fires in 2020 and 2021, the cost of insuring homes and other buildings in high-risk forested areas of Colorado has skyrocketed
Hither and thither across Colorado
Geothermal grants totaling $7.7 million to 35 projects seek to push along efforts. What role will this have in the energy transition?
How will the San Luis Valley electricity problem be fixed?
Transmission has long been lacking. Can the new Colorodo Electric Transmission Authority prod a solution — or create a new link itself?
Why we should care about this FERC rule
For Colorado to get to 100% clean energy it needs transmission. This will help.
