News from Longmont of firm’s expansion just the latest in a lengthening string of announcements
energy storage
Platte River to install four 5-megawatt batteries
Federal money helps in Estes Park, but full cost in four member communities has not yet been determined
Want to learn more about iron-air storage?
Xcel Energy to host an open house on Nov. 21 about this potentially boundary-pushing pilot project at Comanche
Water and Colorado’s energy transition
Will there be a water bonus as we close coal plants? In the short term, yes. It’s harder to say in the long term. Here’s why.
A step forward for pumped-storage hydro
Company says it has deals with land owners along the Yampa River in northwestern Colorado
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
Solar & storage group members have more than tripled. Why so?
The Colorado Solar and Storage Association has added muscle for reasons beyond the growth of solar and storage sectors
Colorado’s carrots and sticks for buildings
With an incentive here, a mandate there, state legislators hope to nudge buildings to a low-emissions future of heating and cooling.
Nuclear bill failed, but the conversation will continue
Utilities have figured out how to integrate high levels of renewables, but not 100%. Until they do, nuclear energy will be on the table, despite the high cost.
No. 2: Getting to 100% by decade’s end
Some Colorado utilities want to get to 100% emissions-free electricity by 2030, others just 80% or above. What mix of new technologies will get them there?
