solar energy
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Ulbrich: Colorado’s solar industry is growing jobs, lowering costs
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Leading up to the election, discussions about our nation’s energy future seemed to play a lesser role than other topics, despite its direct impact on our lives and livelihoods. With the transition to a new administration, it is more important than ever to demonstrate real world examples. As one of the nearly 5,000 Coloradans employed…
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Rosenquist, Franke and Prestidge: Colorado is a renewable energy powerhouse
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Colorado’s diverse and balanced energy industry is the envy of the nation. Our energy sector supports nearly 264,000 workers, providing an annual economic impact of $17.2 billion. Nearly 4,500 energy companies in oil, coal, gas, wind, solar, energy efficiency and sustainable technology contribute to our vibrant energy ecosystem. That ecosystem was built upon decades of…
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Declining energy sector jobs switching to solar field
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A program is underway in Colorado to retrain people who lost their jobs in the coal or oil and gas industry so they can get the skills they need to install solar panels. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment gave a company based in Paonia on the Western Slope a $400,000 matching grant as part of a program…
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Dems, industry advocates slam Glenn for opposition to renewable energy tax credits
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Leading Democrats and representatives of the wind and solar energy industry are criticizing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn for his opposition to popular tax credits supporters say contribute billions of dollars to the Colorado economy. Citing studies that show Colorado at or near the top of states whose economies benefit from the renewable energy…
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Bassett: It’s time to create the climate for clean energy
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More than 500 firefighters are currently deployed along Colorado’s northern border battling the Beaver Creek fire. Reports are predicting that the fire – now exceeding 13,000 acres – will not be contained until August. For Coloradans, this scenario is becoming more and more familiar. In the course of my work, I meet members of Environment…
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Bruner: PUC should reject Xcel’s proposed fee, let solar energy shine
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I joined Colorado’s solar industry six years ago as a consultant for Sunrun solar company. I believe in the benefits of going solar so much that my home is now 100 percent solar-powered. I love being part of our state’s rapid transition to a cleaner and competitive energy future, and I want everyone I meet…
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Letter: Government tone-deaf on fracking, fossil fuels
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Editor: When protesters flooded the lobby of the Holiday Inn in Longmont, where the Bureau of Land Management was holding a public lands leasing auction for oil and gas industry representatives to procure public lands for fracking and drilling for as little as $2 an acre on May 12, Lakewood police protected the auction and allowing…