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Arapahoe County OKs Colorado’s second-largest solar farm
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The second-largest solar farm in Colorado could be coming to fields south of Bennett. Arapahoe County commissioners last week approved a permit for the 75-megawatt Hunter Solar project, which would rank as Colorado’s second-largest solar farm after the 120-megawatt Comanche solar site near Pueblo. The proposed 333,000-panel facility just east of Denver would boost the…
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Colorado’s solar industry: Trump’s protectionism isn’t protecting us
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Among the president’s promises a lot of the business community and even plenty of Republicans were hoping he wouldn’t keep was his threatened crackdown on trade. But he has followed through in fits and starts, rattling his saber over aluminum imports here, appointing a free-trade skeptic as his U.S. trade rep there. Along the way, he has…
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LOMAX: Solar trade barriers won’t help American workers
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There’s nothing wrong with a vigorous debate over where, when and how we get the energy needed to run our households, businesses and the broader economy. But too often, the debate over energy policy is falsely portrayed as an all-or-nothing, zero-sum game. In reality, it takes a mix of different energy sources working together to…
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Solar industry is fighting to save Colorado jobs
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Colorado has a robust and growing solar energy sector, with the total installed capacity growing 70 percent last year alone. Six thousand Coloradans now develop, install and maintain solar projects across the state, while many more supply important componentry to the industry. Nearly one gigawatt of solar power is installed in the state, representing over…
