'Community solar' power grows in Colorado
The amount of electricity generated by “community solar” power systems has grown rapidly in the last few years in Colorado — and may be poised for even bigger growth. “Community solar” is the name...
View ArticleFracking tech, PR conference coming to Beaver Creek
More than 150 oil and gas executives are expected to gather in Beaver Creek in mid-September for a two-day conference focused on the technology and public relations facets of hydraulic fracturing. The...
View ArticleEnterprise proposes crude oil pipeline from North Dakota to Oklahoma
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. hopes to succeed where many others have failed to build a new pipeline to carry oil from North Dakota’s booming Bakken oil fields to the nation’s central oil storage...
View Article8 hottest jobs in the oil and gas industry
The nation’s oil and gas industry is booming, in Colorado and elsewhere, making experienced professionals with engineering degrees precious commodities, according to Rigzone, a Houston-based online...
View ArticleColorado Gov. Hickenlooper names 19 to new oil and gas task force on local...
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday released the list of the 19 members of Colorado’s new oil and gas task force that’s charged with smoothing the controversy over how much control local governments...
View ArticleOil and gas task force expected to find middle ground in Colorado local...
Gov. John Hickenlooper said Tuesday that he expects the newly named 21-member oil and gas task force to find areas of compromise on one of the state’s most important issues. In a meeting with reporters...
View ArticleWhat they’re saying … about Hickenlooper’s new oil and gas task force
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s new 21-member oil and gas task force has been named, and now, he said Tuesday, the work begins. “It’s now a question of rolling up the sleeves and getting to work,”...
View ArticleColorado’s new oil and gas task force holds first meeting
Barely 48 hours after Gov. John Hickenlooper named 19 people to Colorado’s new oil and gas task force, several members gathered at the Governor’s Mansion near downtown Denver for the group’s first...
View ArticleLongmont, other groups appeal judge’s order that tossed city's fracking ban
The city of Longmont and environmental groups have appealed a Boulder district judge’s ruling overturning the city’s voter-approved ban on fracking, moving the issue to the Colorado Court of Appeals....
View ArticleCommunity solar shines in Colorado
In 2009, Colorado’s first “community solar” power system came online in Brighton. Customers of United Power, the rural cooperative that serves the area, could make long-term leases of individual solar...
View Article12 companies to pitch oil and gas execs at Colorado Cleantech Challenge
Twelve companies will pitch their cleantech ideas to oil and gas executives Oct. 2 as part of the Colorado Cleantech Industries Association’s first Oil & Gas Cleantech Challenge. The business...
View ArticleDenver poised for growth from energy sector — and millenials
Denver is poised to reap the benefits that come with being the biggest city in a 600-mile radius as energy companies pour billions of dollars of investment into the oil and gas fields of Colorado,...
View ArticleXcel Energy reports on Colorado flood recovery efforts
Xcel Energy Inc. has spent millions repairing infrastructure and equipment damaged by the September 2013 floods that devastated mountain communities north of Denver. “It’s been a year since the floods...
View ArticleHancock's $1.2B budget seeks $47M for north Denver redevelopment
Mayor Michael Hancock submitted his $1.2 billion budget proposal for 2015 to city council Monday. Hancock said the plan is intended to “create opportunity in every neighborhood and allow the city to...
View ArticleBill Barrett Corp. pivots to oil in $757 million deal
Denver's Bill Barrett Corp. Tuesday made a major pivot toward oil production with a $757 million sale of assets in Colorado’s Piceance Basin and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin and a land swap that...
View ArticleOil and gas bounty from fracking leads to debate over exports, conference told
Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have changed the nation’s energy supplies so dramatically that now people are pushing to export domestic oil and natural gas internationally, Gale Norton, a...
View ArticleDBJ recognizes construction and engineering finalists for 2014 Power Book
Chris Bantner Title: Managing partner Company: Kiewit-Turner, a joint venture Location: Englewood Phone: 303-930-9000 Website: www.denvervahospital.com Twitter: N/A Chris Bantner is the managing...
View ArticleDBJ recognizes energy and natural resources finalists for 2014 Power Book
David Amster-Olszewski Title: President and founder Company: SunShare LLC Location: Denver Phone: 800-793-0786 Website: mysunshare.com Twitter: @mySunShare David Amster-Olszewski is the president and...
View ArticleXcel’s David Eves sees the company sourcing wind, solar and more
This last year has been busy for Xcel Energy Inc. in Colorado, and for David Eves, CEO and president of Public Service Company of Colorado — Xcel’s subsidiary in the state. The company has been...
View ArticleJerry Nery guided RTD through major projects T-Rex, Union Station
Jerry Nery oversaw the $480 million rehabilitation of the acres of weeds and trash outside Denver Union Station into a gleaming transportation hub for the Regional Transportation District. So he’s no...
View Article