energy grid
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Michael Bennet, Cory Gardner tout Colorado energy lab’s grant to build solar forecasting system
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The scientists at Golden’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have received a nearly $2 million federal grant to build a better system to forecast when the sun will be shining, Colorado’s U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner announced Friday. The project is part of a Department of Energy program to improve integration of notoriously variable…
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Energy grid study blames natural gas, not renewables, for coal’s decline
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Last weekend subscribers read in Colorado Politics’ Insights column about the threats a federal study of the energy grid, expected to bolster coal, posed for our state, rich in renewable energy programs and natural gas. The report was released Wednesday night, and as expected it said the grid needs to be fed by reliable coal…
