Aloha: Sunetric moves to Denver with solar power to sell
Sunetric Inc., a Hawaii solar power design and installation company, has set its sights on the U.S. mainland and plans to use its Denver office as its headquarters for the other 49 states. CEO Alex...
View ArticleEncana, Anadarko shut some Colorado wells due to flooding
Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., two of Colorado's biggest oil and gas companies, shut down some of their operations in the state due to the storm that sent floodwaters...
View ArticleXcel: Thousands are without power, gas due to Colorado floods
Xcel Energy Inc. crews are working to return both electricity and natural gas service to customers in areas that have been hit hard by the Colorado storm and also asking for help from neighboring...
View ArticleVestas factories in Colorado to supply wind turbines to French firm
Vestas Wind Systems has reached a deal to supply up to 750 megawatts' worth of wind turbines to EDF Renewable Energy, the North American renewable energy arm of French power company Electricite de...
View ArticleColorado floods shut down 1,000 oil and gas wells; recovery will take time
Colorado’s oil and gas industry has shut down 1,000 wells in the Denver-Julesburg Basin north of Denver and its employees are using vehicles, boats and — in some cases — helicopters to get to and...
View ArticleDCP Midstream’s Colorado operations unhindered by floodwaters
Colorado’s oil and gas industry has shut down hundreds of wells due to floodwaters, but DCP Midstream LLC, the biggest natural gas processor in Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg Basin, said its plants are...
View ArticleColorado floodwaters destroy 30 bridges; repairs to cost millions
The floodwaters that devastated thousands of homes north of Denver also have destroyed millions of dollars worth of roads and bridges across the area — and assessing the damage to the state’s...
View ArticleFracking helps families, cuts heating, power bills by $32.6 billion, Colorado...
The mother of John Harpole, a longtime Denver oil and gas executive, kept 35 years of monthly utility bills in a box — making notes in the margins about the weather “in hopes that she could guess what...
View ArticleNoble Energy exec named 2013 Wildcatter of the Year by Rocky Mountain trade...
Ted D. Brown, Noble Energy Inc.’s senior vice president for the company’s northern region, was named the 2013 Wildcatter of the Year by the Western Energy Alliance, a trade group of oil and gas...
View ArticleCool Planet Energy's fundraising tops $60 million for biorefinery company
Cool Planet Energy Systems, which builds small-scale biorefineries for fuel production, announced Tuesday the company has raised $19.4 million in a D round series of fundraising. That’s on top of $29.9...
View ArticleColorado energy companies shut down nearly 2,000 wells
Colorado’s oil and gas companies are continuing to assess the damage from the state’s unprecedented flooding, and some wells are starting to return to production. "Nearly 1,900" oil and gas wells have...
View ArticleNoble Energy: Flooding closes 5-10 percent of Colorado wells
Noble Energy Inc., one of the biggest oil and gas companies working in the Denver-Julesburg Basin north of Denver, has shut “approximately 5 to 10 percent of our locations” in the area due to the...
View ArticleColorado’s oil and gas industry likely to tap insurance policies for flood...
Insurance money will play a role in paying for the flood recovery and environmental cleanup efforts of Colorado’s oil and gas industry, with state money available as a last resort. That’s according to...
View ArticleContracts to repair Colorado’s flood-damaged roads, bridges expected within days
Colorado’s road and bridge contractors will start repairing the state’s badly damaged infrastructure next week, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. CDOT expects its commissioners to...
View ArticleXcel Energy: Colorado flood damage to grid to be “in the tens of millions”
Damage to Xcel Energy Inc.’s electricity grid in flood-ravaged communities is expected to be “in the tens of millions” of dollars, according to the company’s initial assessments. “Xcel Energy is only...
View ArticleColorado’s oil and gas inspectors head into the field to assess damage at...
Colorado’s state agency charged with oversight of oil and gas operations has deployed four inspection teams of engineers, inspectors and environmental protection specialists to survey wells that were...
View ArticleAnadarko, Noble Energy report flood-related leaks, spills to Colorado regulators
Two flood-damaged storage tanks owned by Anadarko Petroleum Corp., one of Colorado’s biggest oil and gas companies working north of Denver, have spilled an estimated 125 barrels of oil, or about 5,250...
View ArticleWhat does fracking mean for U.S. families?
John Harpole, a longtime Denver oil and gas executive, has 35 years’ worth of utility bills his mother kept, making notes in the margins about the weather “in hopes that she could guess what next...
View ArticleConstruction and engineering finalists for the 2013 DBJ Power Book
John Beeble President and CEO Saunders Construction Inc. Centennial 303-699-9000 www.saundersci.com Beeble leads Saunders Construction Inc., which is building projects big and small around the metro...
View ArticleGoing ‘pre-fab’ boosts Byron Haselden’s turn-around time
Fresh off the speedy construction of University of Colorado Hospital’s 12-story addition, Byron Haselden is ready to do some more pre-fab. Prefabricated construction, that is. Haselden, president of...
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