Tag Archives: renewable energy

My Visions for 2040

Zach Owens : Thursday May 10, 9:46AM

As a Denver native, I m thrilled about the opportunity to collaborate with the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) and the University of Denver for the Metro Vision 2040 Listening Tour … More »

Alliance Director of Strategic Partnerships featured in Northern Colorado Business Report

Megan Moore : Friday March 23, 11:28AM

Alliance for Sustainable Colorado's Director of Strategic Partnerships, Jeff Hohensee, was featured in a Northern Colorado Business Report article on March 23rd. In the article Renewable energy hopes to … More »

The U.S. Military on the Front Lines of Efficiency

Kim Hughes : Tuesday March 6, 4:39PM

At our 8th annual Legislative Briefing last week, we heard from legislators and sustainable business leaders. A couple of surprise speakers, however, left many of us in real thought - they were Vice Admiral … More »

Shale Gas: Bridge Fuel to … Where?

Tom Prugh : Monday March 5, 3:38PM

Another pundit has weighed in on the shale gas revolution, and approved. In a column last week, Joe Nocera of the New York Times urged readers to get used to hydraulic fracturing it isn t going away … More »

Streamlining Solar Permitting in Colorado

Rebecca Cantwell : Monday March 5, 11:06AM

Colorado citizens should soon find it easier to go solar through a new program to streamline permitting for solar energy systems. The Solar Friendly Communities initiative will collaborate with cities and … More »

REMPC and the New Year

Michael Kirk : Friday February 3, 1:59PM

Happy 2012 and thanks again for supporting the Regional Energy Master Plan Consortium (REMPC). The first goal for the new year is to have stakeholders from each of the energy sector groups choose … More »

Natural Gas: Bridge or Drawbridge?

Tom Prugh : Wednesday January 18, 12:46PM

Natural gas is routinely touted as a bridge fuel that can reduce our carbon footprint while allowing us to transition to a low-carbon energy system. This might be possible in theory, but without a strong … More »

Wind-Production Tax Credit Set to Expire

Jason Page : Thursday December 1, 10:03AM

As reported in today's Denver Post , the wind-production tax credit is due to expire at the end of the year, an action that could result in an 85 percent drop in wind installations nationwide. The tax credit … More »

Xcel Sees Fast-changing Energy Future

Rebecca Cantwell : Friday November 4, 4:27PM

Some astonishing tea leaves about the future of energy are swirling around in Xcel Energy s new Colorado electric resource plan. When the last such plan was filed with state regulators in 2007, the state … More »

The Energy Trap

Tom Prugh : Friday October 28, 4:06PM

Although it's one of my favorite sites, I don't often link to posts from The Oil Drum , a blog about peak oil and energy and society in general, because the posts often talk about topics that most people … More »

Air Force Successfully Implementing Cleaner, Alternative Fuels

Kim Hughes : Tuesday September 27, 9:50AM

There has been a lot of media buzz lately around the U.S. Air Force performing test flights using a jet fuel created from the camelina plant. It has been confirmed that there are no differences in performance … More »

Green Trains

Tom Prugh : Monday August 22, 11:54AM

According to the Green blog at the New York Times , the German national rail company, Deutsche Bahn, plans to run its entire electric train network solely on renewable energy by 2050 . (Some local trains, … More »

Boulder Muni a Step Closer

Tom Prugh : Wednesday August 17, 11:27AM

Last night the Boulder city council voted to place on the November ballot two measures that, if passed, would put Boulder in some rare company as a new municipal electric utility. Only 16 other cities have … More »

A Blurred “Colorado Blueprint”

Tom Prugh : Monday August 8, 9:22AM

With the recent release of the Colorado Blueprint, the results of Governor Hickenlooper s Bottom-Up Economic Development Initiative are at last on view . There s no denying that this was a major … More »
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