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Energy Secretary Perry in Colo.: No NREL cuts planned
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GOLDEN – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Tuesday expressed confidence that the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden will not face cuts in the 2019 budget despite President Donald Trump’s previous calls for reductions. “I don’t get spun about the president’s budget,” Perry said during his visit to the federal lab with U.S. Sen.…
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NREL gets federal grant to bolster less-familiar form of solar power
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden has received $8 million in federal grants for research to bolster “concentrating solar power,” a renewable energy technology that has been flagging as wind and photovoltaic solar power grow. The NREL grants are part of $72 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office.…
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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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New climate change program lures 5 Colorado scientists to France
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That giant sucking sound coming from Boulder is the sound of four leading scientists departing for Europe, among the winners of a new program intended to lure climate change experts from the United States to research laboratories in France. A fifth Coloradan, based at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, is also among the…
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Staff picks: The 5 biggest stories of the week in Colorado Politics
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From outer space to Darryl Glenn, there were plenty of fireworks in Colorado Politics last week. Our staff sized reservoirs, renewable energy and a variety of political maneuvers while others took the week off. From a crowded field of contenders, these are the stories we think you’ll be talking about for weeks to come. …
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Trump budget threatens national lab in Golden, but NREL advances continue
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GOLDEN – The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has 40 years of history behind it, but walking through its sprawling Front Range campus one can’t help but think 40 years into the future. Solar cells that can be spray-painted onto windows or printed at a Home Depot; power grids that can take in a wide portfolio…
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Colorado’s Cory Gardner draws line at proposed Energy Department cuts
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In advance of a pending Trump administration 2018 budget proposal to slash U.S. Department of Energy research programs, Colorado Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner joined fellow Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and four other GOP members of the Senate in a letter to President Trump urging him to stay the course on the funding.…
