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Natural gas fueling station opens in W. Colorado
Another compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station has opened, this own owned and operated by Denver’s Encana Natural Gas Inc. The company — a subsidiary of Encana Corp. (NYSE: ECA), based in...
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E-470 asks 2 companies to bid on tollway’s first gas station
Two companies — one local and the other national — will compete to build, finance and operate the first gas station along the 47-mile E-470 toll road, the E-470 Public Highway Authority said. The...
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Colorado's construction firms are hiring but can’t find enough workers
With the nation's construction industry finally recovering from the recession, construction companies across the country and in Colorado are reporting a new problem — finding enough workers. That's...
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U.S. oil and gas boom means extra money
The average U.S. household had $1,200 extra to spend in 2012 due to the boom in domestic oil and gas production, according to a new study from IHS Inc., a consulting and analysis firm based in Douglas...
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China's surge in solar is not based on cheap labor, NREL says
China's domination of global solar power panel manufacturing stems from its scale of production and associated supply-chain benefits, not cheap labor, according to a new study. The study — conducted by...
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Noble Energy puts Colorado school kids in CNG buses
Move over, Bunsen burners — natural gas has a new school gig. School kids in the Greeley area are rolling for school this fall in yellow buses sporting bright green “Powered by CNG” stickers, courtesy...
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Let’s talk about 'true' benefit of solar, says Colorado Energy Office
The Colorado Energy Office wants to wade into a controversy brewing between Xcel Energy Inc. and the solar power installation industry. Jeff Ackermann, the director of the office, told me recently that...
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Anadarko, Noble Energy back new player in Colorado's energy, fracking debates...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Noble Energy Inc. — two of Colorado's biggest oil and gas operators — are backing a new group that's wading into the controversy over booming energy production and the...
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Colorado coal by the numbers
Colorado coal mines’ production was down 19 percent in the first half of 2013 from the first half of 2012, according to state figures. And while problems at some of the state’s biggest coal mines...
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Are you ready for some fracking? Energy group stars in Broncos-Ravens...
As I told you yesterday, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Noble Energy Inc. — both big in Colorado — have launched an energy advocacy group favoring fracking. Last, they kicked off that effort before the...
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Whiting Petroleum offers $1.9 billion in notes
Whiting Petroleum Corp. will offer $1.9 billion in senior notes due in 2019 and 2021, allowing the company to repay all its outstanding debt. Denver-based Whiting (NYSE: WLL) announced its plans...
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Xcel Energy hopes to triple Colorado solar, add wind power
Xcel Energy Inc. is proposing to triple the amount of utility-scale solar power on its grid in Colorado, and add another 450 megawatts of wind power. The proposal, filed with the Colorado Public...
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Hickenlooper offers new details on drinking Halliburton’s frack fluid
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is now saying more about what’s probably the most famous libation the former brewpub owner ever sampled: Halliburton Co.'s "CleanStim" frack fluid. The event in November...
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Hawaii solar company Sunetric makes Denver its mainland HQ
Sunetric Inc., a Hawaii-based solar power engineering and installation company, is making the company’s Denver office its headquarters on the U.S. mainland. The privately held company, founded in 2004,...
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Denver wants 2nd lid over sunken I-70
Denver wants to add a second "lid" over the top of Interstate 70, east of I-25, to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s proposal to lower about 2 miles of the east-west highway. A second cap...
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EXCLUSIVE: Gates obtains permits to demolish old Denver rubber factory...
Gates Corp. has obtained demolition permits for four buildings at the old Gates Rubber plant on South Broadway in Denver. The buildings — Units 10, 11, 13 and 41 at 999 S. Broadway — are all that...
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Denver shut out in 'best tasting water' contest
If you have a hankering for some good water, you may want to head for Erie, north of Denver in Weld County. The judges at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association's...
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BLM to get new director in Colorado
Helen Hankins, director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Colorado, will retire Sept. 30 after 42 years with the federal agency. The agency plays a key role in Colorado’s energy industry,...
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Running a Hawaii solar company isn't all sun, surf and sand, says...
Alex Tiller, CEO of Sunetric Inc., a Hawaii-based solar power design and installation company, says his firm's experience operating in the middle of the ocean will serve it well on the U.S. mainland....
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New NREL building a 'game-changer' for U.S. renewable energy industry
The newest building at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden allows scientists and industry researchers to test what happens to the electricity grid when renewable energy is added into the...
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