Adams County, Arvada governments to power its buildings with community solar...
Adams County and Arvada's local governments are joining a growing number of local governments using solar power generated by "community solar" systems. Denver-based SunShare LLC announced Monday that...
View ArticleRGS Energy replaces CEO, posts 2nd-quarter loss
RGS Energy, a solar power installation company, said Tuesday that it’s appointed Dennis Lacey as its new CEO, succeeding Kam Mofid, who the company said has "departed to pursue other interests." Mofid...
View ArticleLongtime Denver oil and gas execs form new midstream company
Executives formerly with High Sierra Energy, a Denver-based midstream energy company that merged with NGL Energy Partners in 2012, have formed a new Denver-based crude oil midstream company, First...
View ArticleColorado teams advance in international competition to cut methane leaks
Two Colorado teams have made the first cut in an international technology competition backed by the Environmental Defense Fund and seven major oil and gas companies. The goal of the competition, called...
View ArticleSpencer Ogden, an international energy recruiting company, opening Denver office
Spencer Ogden, a international energy recruitment company based in London, is opening three new offices in the United States — in Denver, Orlando and San Diego. The company said its new Denver office...
View ArticlePonderosa Advisors seeks to speed access to water records
A startup company that analyzes data about the nation’s oil and gas industry has turned its sights on another critical commodity: water in the West. Water, in Colorado and much of the west, is...
View ArticleCDOT lays out $1.8 billion plan to ease I-70 and I-25 traffic
The Colorado Department of Transportation (said its $1.8 billion plan to lower a few miles of Interstate 70 and add toll lanes to the stretch of highway east of Interstate 25 is the best way to cut...
View ArticleColorado Proud luncheon showcases the state of food — and the beets rocked!...
It’s been a looooong time since I last ate beets, willingly. Until today, when I was honored to be invited to the concluding lunch that ends this year’s Choose Colorado Tour, a 27-day statewide road...
View ArticleWPX Energy and Houston's G2X reach deal to boost Colorado gas drilling
WPX Energy, Colorado's biggest natural gas producer, has cut a deal for $40 million in cash, plus $170 million in commitments, to boost drilling for natural gas on the Western Slope. WPX on Tuesday...
View ArticleColorado River ties Denver's water to downstream states
Colorado — source of the Colorado River, which stretches 1,450 miles to the Gulf of California in Mexico — isn't immune to what happens to the river's water downstream. And neither is Denver Water,...
View ArticleAtlas Oil comes to Colorado, focused on refueling, crude by rail loading
Atlas Oil Co., a Michigan-based fuel supply and delivery company, has opened up shop in Colorado to serve the state’s booming oil and gas industry north of Denver. Privately held Atlas, founded in 1985...
View ArticleBehind the List: Crude-carrying trains raise safety issues
Colorado is producing record levels of crude oil for the national market — and increasingly companies are loading the liquid black gold onto trains bound for markets across the country in addition to...
View ArticleCSU team wants to track frack fluid
Two researchers at Colorado State University are looking at ways to track the movement of hydraulic fracturing fluid after it’s injected thousands of feet underground. Vivian Li and William Sanford are...
View ArticleColorado fracking ban scorecard: 3 ruled illegal, 2 remain
Three out of five Front Range cities' bans on hydraulic fracturing in the last few years have been struck down by district court judges in recent weeks, and two others still stand. Both Boulder and...
View ArticleColorado travelers can expect crowded highways for Labor Day travel
It’s not over yet — summer traffic, that is, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). CDOT sent out a warning Friday reminding drivers to “anticipate heavy traffic in many areas...
View ArticleClean Energy Collective opens two Denver community solar arrays
Two community solar power systems, each capable of generating 500 kilowatts of power, have opened in Denver — and are available to Xcel Energy Inc. customers who live in the city. Boulder’s Clean...
View ArticleBackers of ballot measure to protect air, water will try again
The dust hasn’t even settled yet on a deal struck between Gov. John Hickenlooper and Boulder Democrat U.S. Rep. Jared Polis to avoid a massive ballot fight over the future of the state’s oil and gas...
View ArticleEscalera Resources gets new $250 million credit facility
Escalera Resources Co., a Denver oil and gas company that’s planning to build a $1.8 billion plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to convert natural gas into liquids, has landed a new $250 million credit...
View ArticleDenver International Airport plans 14 new stores, restaurants
Denver International Airport is looking for operators for 14 new stores and restaurants — including a brewery-themed eatery at the airport hotel now under construction. Between November and January,...
View ArticleDenver International Airport seeks name for new outdoor plaza
Denver International Airport is seeking help to name the airport’s outdoor plaza that will connect the new Westin Hotel and Conference Center, now under construction, with the existing Jeppesen...
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