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Vestas plans more hiring at Pueblo towers plant
Vestas Wind Systems says it is is planning to hire "at least" 100 more people — including 75 experienced welders — at its wind-turbine tower manufacturing plant. Vestas already added 100 people at the...
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Tri-State: $1 billion cost to meet Colorado's renewable-energy goal
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, the second-biggest electricity generator in Colorado, estimates it will have to add 430 megawatts of wind-based power on its system — at a cost of $1...
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Solar power market to stabilize, Navigant report says
Solar power panel prices may stabilize this year and the market is expected to grow past $134 billion annually by 2020, according to a new report from Boulder-based Navigant Research. A smoother...
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U.S. military to boost alternative-fuel vehicles, Navigant predicts
The numbers of electric, natural gas and biofuel vehicles are growing in Colorado, but the move to alternative-fuel vehicles is a lot bigger at the U.S. Department of Defense, according to a new report...
View ArticleColorado oil and gas agency joins frack-ban suit against Longmont
A Boulder judge has added the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) as a party to a lawsuit against a voter-approved ban on hydraulic fracturing in Longmont. Boulder County District...
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Whither water? Deloitte specialist talks about the resource’s scarcity and...
Water may be a minor line item for most companies, but Will Sarni, a consultant with Deloitte Consulting LLP, believes it’s at the heart of every economy. Water supplies are forecast to be scarce in...
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2010 law, closing coal plants, puts Colorado ahead
A controversial 2010 law to close coal-fired power plants has put Colorado ahead of schedule to meet carbon restrictions proposed by President Barack Obama, the law’s supporters say. Then-Gov. Bill...
View ArticleMost tests at Parachute Creek spill site find no carcinogenic benzene
All but one of the latest tests of Parachute Creek in western Colorado, near where an estimated 241 barrels of natural gas liquids spilled after a valve malfunctioned, detected no carcinogenic benzene,...
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Colorado Springs man faces fraud counts on oil and gas investment offerings
A statewide grand jury has indicted Robert Allen Zickefoose on seven counts of securities fraud and theft related to allegations of unregistered oil and gas investments, Colorado Attorney General John...
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Whiting Petroleum closes $860M sale of Oklahoma assets
Whiting Petroleum Corp. said late Monday that it's closed the all-cash $859.8 million sale of producing fields in Oklahoma to BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: BBEP). Whiting (NYSE: WLL), based...
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Colorado to be home for Ardent Mills, nation's biggest flour miller
Ardent Mills, a proposed joint venture of ConAgra Foods Inc., Cargill and CHS Inc. that would create the biggest flour-milling company in the nation, will make Colorado its headquarters, Gov. John...
View ArticleUQM to supply motors to Boulder Electric Vehicle
Electric motor manufacturer UQM Technologies Inc. has signed a three-year agreement to supply motors to Boulder Electric Vehicle, maker of all-electric commercial vehicles. The agreement announced...
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RTD's FasTracks line to DIA taking shape (slideshow)
Clay Collins, track construction manager for Denver Transit Partners (DTP), spends his days overseeing a major component of the Regional Transportation District's $2.2 billion Eagle project to build 68...
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Denver's FBI building gets Energy Star rating
Denver’s FBI office has been certified as an Energy Star building by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency due to efforts to cut the building’s energy use during 2012, according to Newmark Grubb...
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New president/CEO for Merrick
Engineering firm Merrick & Company, founded in 1955, has 478 employees, makes about $115 million a year in revenue — and recently made the fourth leadership change in its history. David Huelskamp,...
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Charting the mall’s future
The 16th Street Mall of the future will share many of the characteristics of today’s mall — but changes also are afoot. New residences, office buildings, restaurants and stores are in the works,...
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Free shuttle keeps things moving along the 16th Street Mall
The free “MallRide” shuttle is the backbone of the 16th Street Mall — and one of the best things about it, many riders say. “It’s a way to get across town, and the fact that it’s free is awesome,” said...
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Portraits on the mall: Dale Goin and Sally Rock
This husband-and-wife team own The Philadelphia Filly food cart, feeding many mall workers since they set up shop on the 16th Street Mall in 1996. They can be found every weekday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,...
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Feds launch Colorado project to reduce watershed damage from fires
The U.S. departments of the Interior and Agriculture have launched a pilot project in Colorado aimed at reducing the risk of wildfires and associated damage to watersheds in the West. The agreement was...
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Biofuel investment could reach $69B over 10 years, says report
Investment in a new wave of biofuel technologies is expected to total $69 billion over the next 10 years, and revenues from the new fuels are expected to hit $7.6 billion by 2023, according to a new...
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