Can nuclear replace the tax base, jobs and generation of coal plants at Pueblo and Craig? Maybe, but tough questions remain to be answered.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates invests in Pueblo storage project
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst gives $20 million to test iron-rust storage at sites of two Xcel coal plants
Will nuclear energy arrive on time and at cost?
No doubt, nuclear energy has key advantages. So why isn’t it likely to be the silver bullet that some people in Craig and Pueblo crave?
Wyoming and New Mexico energy gleanings
Coal rebounds briefly but long term trend clear, nuclear in Wyoming, Wyoming fails to land finalist but Colorado’s Innosphere does,; and yet more gleanings.
How a meat-less proclamation showed the urban-rural divide is alive and well
In Colorado, agriculture is often conflated with cows. The meatless day proclaimed by Gov. Jared Polis predictably drew loud protests. Was he onto something?
Xcel’s plan for $1.7 billion in transmission in eastern Colorado
Xcel Energy has plans for $1.7 billion to build 560 miles of new transmission to deliver renewable electricity from eastern Colorado to the Front Range by 2027.
