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Former Colorado governors join fracking education group
A high-profile energy industry group focused on educating the public about fracking has fleshed out its membership ranks with the addition of two former Colorado governors, a former U.S. Senator and...
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RTD breaks ground on FasTracks' North Metro rail line (Slideshow) (Video)
The mood was giddy at the groundbreaking for the Regional Transportation District’s North Metro commuter rail line, which is expected to open to the public in 2018. More than 100 people gathered to...
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Denver lands NamJet HQ, 63 jobs
NAMJet LLC, the manufacturer of high-powered waterjets to propel workboats through the water, is moving its manufacturing and operational headquarters to Denver after its parent company landed a...
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CU team’s toilet could have day in the sun
Yes, we know — a solar-powered toilet sounds very funny. But it’s serious business for Karl Linden, a professor of environmental engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, and his research...
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Cover story: Vestas gets a second wind
Arturo Loya started working at Vestas Wind Systems’ blades plant in Windsor in January 2008 before it was officially open. The Windsor plant, the first of four wind turbine manufacturing plants Vestas...
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Building a future for alternative-fuel vehicles
A tank in the corner of Steelhead Composites LLC looks like any other steel tank. But what’s inside could help make Colorado a critical supplier for manufacturers working on the new wave of...
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Steelhead makes high-tech tanks
Colorado is the perfect place to launch an advanced manufacturing company, says Andrew Coors, CEO of Steelhead Composites LLC in Golden. He should know. He was employee No. 1 at Steelhead, which...
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Encana's sale of Wyoming Jonah assets is part of its oil-focused strategy
Encana Corp.’s strategy of turning its focus away from natural gas and toward oil production got a big boost Monday with the announcement of its $1.8 billion sale of assets in Wyoming’s huge Jonah...
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Colorado fracking bans draw interest from several states' attorneys general
The attorneys general of several states will be in Colorado April 16 for a conference on legal and regulatory issues surrounding the oil and gas industry’s use of hydraulic fracturing. The Colorado...
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Vestas' hot streak continues with new orders for wind turbines
Vestas Wind Systems continues to collect orders to build wind turbines for wind farms across North America. The Danish company announced Tuesday that EDF Renewable Energy ordered 97 of Vestas’ V100-2.0...
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Denver Union Station area draws $1 billion in private development (Video)
With construction of the new bus terminal at Denver Union Station nearly complete, the transformation of the historic depot has already drawn nearly $1 billion in private money in the form of new...
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Xcel proposes new solar power option for Colorado customers
Xcel Energy Inc. is asking regulators to create a new option of supporting solar power for its Colorado customers. The program -- called Solar*Connect -- would offer Colorado customers who can't or...
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Hogan lawyer leads global energy practice
Andrew Spielman, a partner with the Denver office of international law firm Hogan Lovells, is a busy man. R He’s chairman of Colorado’s Regional Air Quality Council, which oversees the state’s...
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RTD's buses are leaving, so what's next for Market Street Station?
The last of the Regional Transportation District's buses will leave Denver's Market Street Station early May 11, but the station won't be empty for long. Plans are already in the works to turn the...
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Proposal to hike oil and gas fines by 1,400% returns to Colorado Legislature
A proposal to increase fines on the oil and gas industry is back before the state Legislature, but this year’s version doesn’t include the creation of a minimum daily fine for companies that violate...
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Q&A: Shaun Yancey, PCL Construction's new Denver-based U.S. chief
PCL Construction Enterprises Inc.’s new head of U.S. operations got his start early: building dams in the gulch behind his home while growing up in Golden. Shaun Yancey, 55, was named PCL’s president...
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Crude oil potential from Colorado's DJ Basin gets bigger (a lot bigger)
The estimated amount of crude oil and other liquids that could be pumped from Colorado’s booming Denver-Julesburg Basin has grown to more than 4 billion barrels. And that’s just using estimates from...
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Help wanted: Colorado construction industry needs people
Colorado’s construction industry has rebounded from the recession and needs more workers, according to the heads of two big industry associations in the state. It's a nationwide problem, too....
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Billions to flow into Niobrara crude oil operations this year in Colorado and...
Energy companies will invest $7 billion this year in operations focused on the Niobrara rock formation that lies thousands of feet under five active oil and gas basins in Wyoming and Colorado,...
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Colorado regulators ponder the 'true' value of rooftop solar power
Colorado regulators taking up the fight over the “true” value of rooftop solar power systems in the state are wading into a battle that’s underway in several other states around the country....
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