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DBJ to hold energy forum on 'Life at $50 a Barrel'
As the oil and gas industry endures the latest bust, with oil prices about half what they were last summer, companies are cutting budgets, drilling rigs and personnel, and there are questions about how...
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Sneak peek at DIA's hotel and train station project (Slideshow)
There’s probably not a bad view from any of the 519 rooms in the Westin hotel under construction at Denver International Airport. Wednesday was crystal clear, and the views of snow-capped peaks of the...
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WilmerHales snatches another Denver attorney, this time for energy practice
Andrew Spielman, a long time Denver energy and natural resources attorney, has moved on from Hogan Lovells, where he was a partner, to be a partner at WilmerHale — both of them are international law...
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Here's a real smart switch: Xcel Energy wants to give $66.5 milion back to...
Xcel Energy Inc. wants to give back about $66.5 million to its Colorado customers — because the state’s economy improved more than expected, and because the utility took in more money in 2014 than it...
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Energy forum to focus on sustainable investment, discuss fossil-fuel divestment
John Powers, founder of the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, believes cutting carbon dioxide emissions as a way to reduce the effects of climate change is a life-or-death issue. “If you’re not...
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Colorado oil and gas commission streamlines info access
It may be easier to find out information about Colorado’s oil and gas industry after the state agency that oversees the multibillion-dollar industry this week unveiled a new website designed to be...
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Vestas lands 2 big orders from Berkshire Hathaway, Sempra
Vestas Wind Systems has had a very good week, landing nearly 500 megawatts' worth of wind turbine orders, including an order from Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables LLC for the company’s Grande...
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Another oil and gas company closing Denver office
Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE: NFX) will close its Denver office in August, the company announced this week. It’s the latest in a wave of announcements about cutbacks in an industry that’s struggling...
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Oil and gas office closures continue in Denver
Yet another oil and gas company is making cuts to its Colorado operations, with Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE: PXD) on Monday announcing it will close the company’s Denver office and cut the...
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Bill creating hurdles for cutting CO2 in Colorado dies at Legislature
A bill that would have forced additional review hurdles of Colorado’s plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions — and meet requirements imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — was killed...
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Vestas picks up new wind turbine order from a Kansas customer
Vestas Wind Systems has snagged another order from a new customer, this time from RPM Access LLC, for 36 of its V110-2.0 megawatt wind turbines for a Kansas wind farm. The turbines will be capable of...
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Former Boulder Chamber exec to head conservation group
Neal Lurie, a former vice president for the Boulder Chamber of Commerce and executive director at the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association, will be the next president of Boulder’s Center for...
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Colorado Oil & Gas Association names new CEO
Dan Haley, a former editorial page editor of The Denver Post, has been named the new president and CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association, one of the most influential energy groups in the state....
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CDOT director’s assessment of Colorado’s highway system: 'Terrible'
Shailen Bhatt, the new executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation, didn’t mince words about the state of Colorado’s highways on Thursday in a speech to the 525 people gathered at...
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Driving tech into the future
Matt Rebeck tools down Broadway in an electric-powered BMWi3, following a big white delivery truck about 4 seconds, or 20 feet, ahead. Through block after block of downtown stop-and-go traffic, he...
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Colorado manufacturers see merit to badge idea
Two Denver-area manufacturing leaders hope to change the tactic many U.S. manufacturers typically rely on to grow their ranks — stealing from their competitors. “Too often we buy our workforce,...
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Dan and Amanda Plank: Teslas built for speed
For Dan Plank, a sales manager at OneNeck IT Solutions’ Greenwood Village office, the range on Tesla Motors Inc.’s all-electric Model S — up to 270 miles under ideal conditions — drew him to the car....
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Brian Batz: Nissan Leaf does well in snow
Brian Batz, who manages western operations for imaging and electronics company Ricoh USA, wanted an electric car so bad he had his all-electric Nissan Leaf shipped in from California — before the...
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Mike Nelson: Going to school in his Volt
Mike Nelson, chief meteorologist at Denver’s KMGH-Channel 7, chose a Chevy Volt hybrid — which prefers electricity but can switch to an on-board gasoline fuel tank when the battery runs low — because...
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More on the cover story: Ride along as tech takes to the streets (Video)
The Denver Business Journal took a look at the latest technologies available in cars today, and found that many of the technologies needed for the driverless cars of the future are already on...
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