Colorado’s Kiowa County approved a huge amoiunt of wind. Now it’s getting sued, but for different reasons.
wind energy
How can Colorado add this much renewable energy by 2040?
State needs to triple wind and quintuple solar. Role of state government vs. local control being sorted out in bill expected shortly
Study examines impacts of wind farms on birds and also fossil fuel drilling
Researcher’s methodology found far more impacts from oil-and-gas drilling than from wind turbines. A Wyoming wildlife biologist doesn’t completely buy the study’s conclusions.
An investment to rival those of I-70 and DIA
Xcel Energy will spend $9-$10 billion on new transmission and energy generation as it leaves coal behind. Just how important is this investment?
Islands in the Rockies
Colorado a century ago was poorly connected by roads. Its electrical utilities still are poorly linked. Why they need energy markets.and how that may happen.
What will it take to charge a million EVs?
Colorado hopes to have nearly a million electric vehicles by 2030. Xcel Energy doesn’t want them all charging at once. A pilot program may deliver answers.
Energy gleanings from Colorado
Vestas layoffs, Boebert on renewables, Garfield County on Biden climate plan, Gunnison County emissions, Summit County’s electric buses, & WildEarth Guardians.
Slashed carbon and a tidy profit
Xcel Energy reduce carbon emissions 12% in 2020 and still managed a tidy profit for investors. But in Wyoming, continued problems in the Powder River Basin.
Windy enough in Dust Bowl land
Southeastern Colorado has wind aplenty, almost enough to power the entire state. But that wind is like a farm without a road to market. Why that may change.
