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Alternative Energy Technology

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    SMA Solar to convert Denver into Sunny Island

    Sunny Island isn't much of a vacation spot.​You know the decision of a business to relocate is a big deal when the state's governor offers to serve as a de facto publicist, as Bill Ritter did yesterday during the announcement that the German firm SMA Solar Technology AG will be opening a plant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Solar-powered deliciousness coming to a Chipotle near you

    ​ Chipotle is going verde -- er, green. The Denver-based burrito chain plans to install solar panels in approximately 75 of its restaurants over the next year. Solar sites include Austin, Dallas, San Antonio and, of course, Denver. Chipotle says the restaurants were selected based on their e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Larkburger now using 100 percent all-natural wind power

    Larkburgers, fries and shake made with renewable energy​ Larkburger is making a name for itself with such menu items as hand-cut fries seasoned with parmesan and truffle oil -- but Larkburger president Adam Baker hopes that with the switch to wind power for 100 percent of its energy use, the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Colorado's renewable energy market set to heat up with BLM geothermal leases

    A geothermal electric plant in Iceland​Wind energy has been a hot commodity in the state for ten years or more now, but a new source of energy -- geothermal -- is about to get a chance to make its mark in the near future. The Denver Business Journal is reporting that the BLM is set to offer le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Feds say global warming could force jets at DIA to produce MORE greenhouse gasses

    flickr.comA jet departs from DIA.​ It's all green all the time out at 8500 Pena Boulevard according to the PR chatter from officials at Denver International Airport. A video on the airport's website titled "DIA is Green" touts environmentally friendly efforts such as a solar power program, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Denver gains another wind energy company

    Photo by Bodoklecksel​Denver's burgeoning alternative-energy industry will get a boost this September when formerly Portland, Orgeon-based wind energy company REpower USA Corp. moves its headquarters to Denver. The Denver Business Journal reports that the company, the U.S. subsidiary of Germa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    A sunny day for Secretary Solarczar, but a slog ahead?

    ​Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was back in Colorado today, August 4, touring a Longmont solar panel company as a way of pushing the Obama administration's vision of a clean energy economy. But that vision, which involves collecting abundant solar power from a procession of solar farms ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    From the week of April 23, 2009

    ​Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was back in Colorado today, August 4, touring a Longmont solar panel company as a way of pushing the Obama administration's vision of a clean energy economy. But that vision, which involves collecting abundant solar power from a procession of solar farms ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2009

    For Colorado's largest power co-op, going green will mean taking down the King of Coal

    ​Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was back in Colorado today, August 4, touring a Longmont solar panel company as a way of pushing the Obama administration's vision of a clean energy economy. But that vision, which involves collecting abundant solar power from a procession of solar farms ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Presidential flashback, 1978: Jimmy Carter promotes solar energy in Denver

    Jimmy Carter as he looked during the era when he promoted solar energy in Denver. The hoopla yesterday over President Barack Obama's appearance in Denver, when he used the signing of a $787 billion economic-stimulus bill to hype solar energy, spurred memories in one reader, who recalled another chi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Is a lump of coal a good thing?

    Gas is less than half what it was a few months ago, and Xcel is actually planning to lower rates after the new year. But savor those cheap energy prices while you can. Like Santa Claus, painful new hikes are coming to town, probably sooner than later.  One lump of coal in the stocking comes court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Naturally Boulder Days highlights an organic industry

    Gas is less than half what it was a few months ago, and Xcel is actually planning to lower rates after the new year. But savor those cheap energy prices while you can. Like Santa Claus, painful new hikes are coming to town, probably sooner than later.  One lump of coal in the stocking comes court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    More Blowhards on Carbon Offsets and the Wray Windmill

    Gas is less than half what it was a few months ago, and Xcel is actually planning to lower rates after the new year. But savor those cheap energy prices while you can. Like Santa Claus, painful new hikes are coming to town, probably sooner than later.  One lump of coal in the stocking comes court ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 31, 2008

    Patrick Marold

    The "Windmill Project" creator has a show at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Shmuckalo Bill

    The "Windmill Project" creator has a show at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture.

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2008

    Q&A with Mark Udall

    The "Windmill Project" creator has a show at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture.

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love High Gas Prices

    The "Windmill Project" creator has a show at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture.

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    You're Getting Warmer

    The "Windmill Project" creator has a show at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture.

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Partly Sunny

    CU students have twice won the Solar Decathlon. Can they make it a three-peat?

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2007

    Weekend Update

    CU students have twice won the Solar Decathlon. Can they make it a three-peat?

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2007

    Car Envy

    CU students have twice won the Solar Decathlon. Can they make it a three-peat?

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2007

    Car Envy

    CU students have twice won the Solar Decathlon. Can they make it a three-peat?

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2007

    Going Green at the PUC

    CU students have twice won the Solar Decathlon. Can they make it a three-peat?

  • News

    June 22, 2006

    KYG Uh-O

    The top ten

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 10, 2005

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 3, 2005

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    A Mighty Wind

    The results of Xcel's wind-power program are still in the air.

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Carbon Loading

    Xcel’s solution to rising energy prices includes a lot of coal. Is that a bad thing?

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Fuel for Love

    The order is in: Buy bio.

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2005

    Best Revolutionaries

    [denverevolution]

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    The Alternative Voter’s Guide

    The Legislative Council’s ballot-analysis booklet has inspired so many fights, it should be called the black-and-blue book. Here’s our cure.

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of December 18, 2003

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Power to the People

    The answer could be blowing in the wind.

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Grease Monkey

    Marilyn Megenity went biodiesel, and her car came up smelling like...fries.

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Bringing on the Heat

    The price of natural gas has been on a cycle for years.

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Socket to Me

    If Colorado deregulates electricity, Californians will be first in line for the state's cheap power--and Coloradans may get fried.

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