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Green industry casts wide net

January 16, 2009

A study released Thursday concluded that Colorado's renewable-energy and efficiency industry created more than 91,000 jobs and generated $10.2 billion revenue in 2007.

Xcel seeks customer-paid program to test green technology

January 15, 2009

Xcel Energy proposed a new program Wednesday to test clean energy technologies in Colorado before deploying them in power plants.

Oil, gas firms snap up permits

January 13, 2009

Colorado's energy boom may have cooled, but that's not stopping oil and gas companies from snapping up a record number of drilling permits.

Xcel seeks bids on world's biggest solar project

January 10, 2009

Xcel Energy plans to transform Colorado into one of the biggest solar-power states in the world.

Oil shale actions draw lawsuit

January 6, 2009

A coalition of 11 environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife, has notified the federal government that they will sue over two recent actions designed to foster oil shale development in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.

Oil prices rise on thin trading

January 3, 2009

Exactly one year after crude eclipsed $100 a barrel for the first time, 2009 trading began Friday with prices roughly half their year-ago levels, and some believe oil could be headed even lower.

Xcel, Vestas put state on wind power map

December 31, 2008

Xcel Energy, Colorado’s biggest utility, and Danish company Vestas have put the state on the wind power map.

Heady days of '06 wane, but ethanol plants in Colorado OK

Heady days of '06 wane, but ethanol plants in Colorado OK

December 31, 2008

Until recently, it seemed as if there were only sunny days ahead for Colorado’s new energy economy. Then, in tandem with the rest of the economy, the state’s renewable sectors fell into a tailspin. In the second of two parts, the Rocky examines the state of the biodiesel-ethanol and wind industries. Above, Doug Henston, CEO at Solix Biofuels, holds marine algae used in making biofuels.

Economy squeezes out solar

December 30, 2008

Blake Jones hastily called a meeting last month to discuss Namaste Solar's plunging sales of solar panels, its generous culture and uncertain future.

Tight credit threatens pipeline expansion

December 30, 2008

Steady expansion for pipeline companies is grinding to a halt as tight credit makes it harder to raise construction money, potentially limiting their ability to bring new supplies of natural gas to market.

Dark clouds over solar energy economy

Dark clouds over solar energy economy

December 30, 2008

Until recently, it seemed like there were only sunny days ahead for Colorado’s new energy economy. Then, in tandem with the rest of the economy, the state’s renewable sectors fell into a tailspin. In this two-part series, the Rocky takes the pulse of Colorado’s renewables. Above, Steve Carroll of Namaste Solar Electric installs Sunpower 225 watt solar panels.

New power plant will run short of coal, group says

December 23, 2008

Xcel Energy is refuting an environmental group's charges that its huge new power plant could run out of coal needed to fuel it.

DOE: U.S. reliance on oil imports to decline

December 18, 2008

U.S. dependence on foreign oil will drop dramatically over the next two decades as Americans are expected to confront rebounding oil prices, use more biofuels like ethanol and drive more fuel-efficient cars, the Energy Department predicted Wednesday.

Groups sue to block oil, gas leases in Utah's scenic areas

December 18, 2008

Conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday to block the Bush administration's last-minute sale of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah on spectacular scenery near national parks and ancient rock art panels.

Xcel seeks cut in electric bills

December 12, 2008

Colorado consumers could get a break on their electric bills in the first quarter of 2009, thanks to the declining prices of natural gas and coal used to fuel power plants.

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