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GE abandons plans for Aurora solar plant
General Electric Co. said Tuesday it won't build the $300 million Aurora factory for thin-film solar power panels that GE and local officials announced with much fanfare in 2011, citing a glut of solar...
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DBJ Special Report: GE pulls the plug on Aurora solar plant
In 2011, Colorado officials and General Electric Co. announced with much fanfare that Aurora would be the site of a new GE manufacturing plant for thin-film solar-power panels, the nation's largest,...
View ArticleBoom in natural gas should boost R&D in renewables, speaker says
The boom in natural gas supplies across the United States offers a cushion the nation should use to accelerate investment in the research and development of the next wave of energy resources —...
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Polis follows drilling rig flap with visit to industry conference
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis was the surprise visitor to a meeting of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association on Wednesday. The Boulder Democratic Congressman has had a high-profile controversy with the...
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MarkWest part of JV team on big Ohio NGL project
Denver’s MarkWest Energy Partners LP is part of a team that will build a natural gas processing complex in Ohio and develop a massive pipeline to carry natural gas liquids from Ohio to the Gulf Coast....
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Big oil pulling out of Northwest Colorado; leases for sale
A week after Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s biggest energy producer, announced a 60 percent drop in second-quarter results — largely due to a $2 billion write-down of its North American shale assets —...
View ArticleClean Energy Collective donates solar power to housing authority
Boulder’s Clean Energy Collective, a developer of commercial-scale community solar gardens, will donate 5 percent of the electricity produced by three projects in Denver to the Denver Housing...
View ArticleFederal mineral rights in Moffat County bring nearly $500,000
The Colorado office of the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auction of mineral rights for three parcels, totaling 2,125 acres, in Moffat County brought in $478,845 at its quarterly auction. The...
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Under new CEO, IHS looks to make its mark
Scott Key, the new president and CEO at IHS Inc. as of June 1, isn’t exactly new. Key has been with the Douglas County-based information and analysis firm (NYSE: IHS) since 2003, and has been the...
View ArticleSuperTaxi proposing to supersize its Denver taxi operations
More than 60 percent of the taxis in metro Denver would be owned by SuperTaxi Inc. if state regulators approve the Colorado Cab Company LLC’s purchase of Metro Taxi in July. That's according to Thomas...
View ArticleColorado oil and gas companies recognized for environmental work
Several Colorado energy companies received awards this week from state regulators for work they’ve done on a variety of issues, including the environment and communications. The awards from the...
View ArticleFacts, fossil fuels and fracking
The Rocky Mountain Energy Summit, an annual conference sponsored by the Colorado Oil & Gas Association, has drawn industry executives, scientists and environmentalists from across the country...
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Colorado oil production on pace to break 50-year record — again
Colorado’s oil production broke 50-year records in 2012, but 2013 is on pace to top that, according to figures compiled by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Through the first five...
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Colorado manufacturing jobs rise; biggest gain in oil and gas
The number of manufacturing jobs jumped by more than 3,500 in the last year, according to the 2014 Colorado Manufacturers Directory, a publication of Manufacturers’ News Inc. in Evanston, Ill....
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BLM still studying sale of federal mineral rights near Mesa Verde
On the now-you-see-them, now-you-don't front, eight controversial parcels of mineral rights near Mesa Verde National Park in southwest Colorado are not up for grabs at the federal Bureau of Land...
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Long-time head of Colorado’s Front Range Airport is out
Front Range Airport east of Denver has a new chief after nearly 20 years. The Front Range Airport Authority announced late Monday that Dennis Heap, the executive director of the Front Range Airport...
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DIA revenues swing positive, but worries remain about Frontier’s fate
Denver International Airport was in the black in 2012, reporting net income of nearly $37.3 million, a swing from a loss of $9.9 million in 2011. That’s the report that the Denver City Council’s...
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Vestas says it won't sell Pueblo wind turbine towers plant
Vestas Wind Systems says it will keep its turbine towers manufacturing plant in Pueblo. Vestas officials said in March that many of its plants around the world were for sale, and a Dow Jones Newswires...
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Grid Alternatives brings solar power to low-income Coloradans
Solar power shouldn't be reserved for the middle and upper class, according to Grid Alternatives, a group founded in California in 2001 with the goal of bringing solar power panels to low-income...
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FasTracks’s Eagle project at half-way point, but how far will regional...
The halfway point for the FasTracks Eagle P3 project — a massive $2.2 billion effort to build rail from downtown Denver to Denver International Airport, Westminster and Arvada — was the cause for a...
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