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Red Rock Biofuels lands new money, new partner
Colorado's Red Rock Biofuels LLC is moving ahead with an effort to build its first big renewable fuel refinery in Lakeview, Oregon, and has added a new partner and board member to its roster. The Fort...
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Colorado expected to lose jobs, but ultimately weather oil and gas downturn
Low oil prices and an industry cutback in spending will translate into thousands of lost jobs, millions of dollars in reduced revenues and slower economic growth in Colorado, according to a pair of...
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New water supply for Colorado Springs and neighbors is getting closer
One of the biggest water projects in the western U.S. will hit a major milestone this month, when the last piece of 50 miles of pipe is laid for the Southern Delivery System, the $841 million project...
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CDOT unveils strategic plan for Colorado’s roads through 2040
Colorado’s latest multi-year plan for the state’s highway system focuses on preserving and maintaining the highways and also helping drivers use them more efficiently, even as the state looks for new...
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NREL chief Dan Arvizu makes retirement plans
Dan Arvizu, the director and CEO of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, said Thursday that he will retire from the position he’s held for 10 years at the end of September. Arvizu also...
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Auto execs peer into future at Vail energy forum
A self-driving car? It’s closer than you might think say transportation experts who spoke at the recent Vail Global Energy Forum in Beaver Creek. The forum drew nearly 400 people March 13-15 for panels...
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New federal fracking rules follow Colorado's lead on oil and gas oversight
The federal government on Friday issued new rules governing hydraulic fracturing on U.S. public lands — a move years in the making that quickly triggered a lawsuit filed by two oil and gas...
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E-470 toll technology will soon work for Denver airport parking, too
Drivers signed up with E-470's ExpressToll automatic tolling system will soon have easier access to a private parking facility near Denver International Airport. Under a new partnership between the...
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Colorado invites companies to qualify for I-70 improvement project
Colorado officials said Wednesday they are issuing formal requests for qualifications from companies wanting to work on its $1.17 billion project to remake Interstate 70 across Denver. As part of what...
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Unico's Denver office tower is the ‘ultimate recycling project’
When Seattle-based Unico Properties LLC purchased the 31-story office tower at 1660 Lincoln St. for $38 million in 2013, the consensus was that the 1972-era building sat on a great downtown location —...
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Colorado taxpayers came out on top in U.S. 36 public-private partnership,...
A state audit of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s U.S. 36 contract — the state’s controversial first public-private partnership on a big highway construction project — gave the agency mostly...
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Niobrara oil depends on railroads to get to market, say feds
About 64 percent of the crude oil produced in the Niobrara formation, the rock layer at the center of Colorado’s oil boom, gets to market via railroad tank cars, according to a new analysis by the...
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Vestas Wind Systems tops in global competition — again
Vestas Wind Systems, the Danish wind turbine maker with four manufacturing plants in Colorado, ranked No. 1 in the world for new turbines installed during 2014, according to a report by research and...
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Rounding up weekly energy news
Vestas ranks as top wind turbine maker in the world Vestas Wind Systems, the Danish wind turbine maker with four manufacturing plants in Colorado, ranked No. 1 in the world for new turbines installed...
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Cover story: Lessons learned from Colorado's last energy bust
Gov. John Hickenlooper winces at the news of another round of cutbacks and layoffs in Colorado’s oil and gas industry. He hears a “faint echo” of events that occurred nearly three decades ago, when he...
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RTD's new commuter rail cars make their maiden voyage to DIA (Slideshow)
The first two electric commuter rail cars that will be used on major portions of Denver's RTD rail transit network started their maiden voyage to Denver International Airport on Friday morning. The...
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More on the cover story: Weld County rode Colorado's oil boom, but what about...
Don Warden, finance director for Weld County, chuckles at the old oilman’s prayer, a phrase so dusty that it’s a cliche — but an instructive one. “Please God, give me one more boom, I promise not to...
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NextEra Energy to build $640M Colorado wind farms
NextEra Energy Resources LLC, the biggest renewable-energy power company in North America, is spending another $640 million on two massive new wind farms in eastern Colorado. That’s on top of the...
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Encana grant supports energy exhibit at Children's Museum of Denver
Encana Corp. has given a $1 million grant to the Children’s Museum of Denver to help pay for a new exhibit focused on energy. It’s one of six new exhibits under construction as part of the museum’s...
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Noble Energy to cut jobs in Colorado, U.S.
Noble Energy Inc., one of the biggest oil and gas companies working in Colorado, on Tuesday said it “is implementing an organizational realignment of its U.S. operations,” a move that will cut jobs in...
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