Colorado
By Jeanne Roberts on December 19, 2011
Tags: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, bandgap, Boulder, Colorado, DOE Office of Science, electron, grid parity, multiple exciton generation (MEG), nanometer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Next Generation Solar Cells, photon, quantum dot solar cell, Queen's University Ontario, solar spectrum, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), ultraviolet, University of Colorado, visible light, Arthur J. Nozik, Colorado, electricity, energy, Jianbo Gao, Joseph M. Luther, Matthew C. Beard, Octavi E. Semonin, Ontario, Quantum dots, semiconductor, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Colorado
None of the solar cells produced to date shows external photocurrent quantum efficiencies greater than 100 percent from any portion of the solar spectral irradiance band.
By Jeanne Roberts on December 8, 2011
Tags: Buildings Integration, Electricity Resources, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, SunRun, cent, baseload, Colorado, Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF), Golden, grid competitive, grid parity, Industrial Revolution, Internet, kilowatt hour (kWh), load management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), peaker, peaking, renewable energy integration, renewable energy technologies, solar photovoltaic (PV), SunRun, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. power grid, utility, wireless, Colorado, David Mooney, electricity, energy, Lynn Jurich, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, oil, renewable energy integration, retail, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. power grid
Called the Energy Systems Integration Facility, or ESIF, the laboratory is located at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. The NREL is one of 17 laboratories managed by the U.S.
By Jeanne Roberts on November 7, 2011
Tags: Goldman Sachs, United States, Arizona, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, Cogentrix, Colorado, desert tortoise, fast track solar, Goldman Sachs, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Interior Secretary James Salazar, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, Nevada, New Mexico, public land, public land development, solar projects, Supplement to the Solar Energy Development Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development (PEIS), Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of the Interior, Utah, utility-scale solar energy, Western land, Arizona, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Colorado, Dianne Feinstein, energy, James Salazar, Nevada, New Mexico, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, United States Marine Corps, Utah
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management have crafted an addendum to their solar development plan for the Southwestern United States.
By Jeanne Roberts on November 3, 2011
Tags: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, UtiliPoint, Xcel Energy Inc., USD, 2B. 2C, Boulder, Boulder Smart Energy Coalition, City of Boulder, Colorado, Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), electricity, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), municipal utility, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), National Climactic Data Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), National Weather Service, natural gas, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), UtiliPoint International Inc., voters, Xcel Energy Inc., Bob Bellemare, Colorado, David Miller, electricity, energy, Michigan, Minnesota, municipal utilities, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, University of Colorado, Wisconsin
On November 1, the smallish but very progressive college town of Boulder, Colorado passed two interrelated, historic ballot measures that aim to discontinue service with Xcel Energy Inc.
By Jeanne Roberts on October 19, 2011
Tags: Xcel Energy Inc., United States, USD, 2B, 2C, appliance rebate program, City of Boulder, Colorado, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, efficiency programs, energy audit, Savers Switch, solar photovoltaic (PV), Solar Rewards Program, step-down solar incentives, Xcel Energy, Colorado, Colorado, electricity, energy, Jerome Davis
Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE:XEL) officials said Tuesday, October 18, that its Boulder, Colorado subscribers could lose access to the utility’s solar rebates and energy efficiency programs if certain ballot measures regarding forming a new city utility pass.
By Jeanne Roberts on August 25, 2011
Tags: Associated Press, Bright Source Energy Solar, Brightsource Energy, Cogentrix Solar Services LLC, Goldman Sachs, Iberdrola, New Energy Finance, Optisolar, Solar Millennium, The Associated Press, The Goldman Sachs Group, USD, Bright Source Energy Solar, Cogentrix Solar Services LLC, Colorado, Goldman Sachs Group, Iberdrola, Ken Salazar, Lloyd Blankfein, Nevada, New Energy Finance, Optisolar, San Luis Valley, Solar Milennium, solar photovoltaic (PV) energy, solar thermal energy, Spanish, U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. public lands, bank, BLM land lease, California, Colorado, Department of Justice, Ed Canaday, energy, Ken Salazar, Lloyd Blankfein, Martin Simonek, Nevada, Nevada solar energy, Reid Weingarten, U.S. Department of Energy
Since January of 2007, Cogentrix Solar Services LLC, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, has been sitting on a series of exclusive solar applications for Nevada land which together involve as much land as all other solar applications in that state combi
By Jeanne Roberts on May 9, 2011
Tags: cent, USD, $1 per watt, clean energy economy, Colorado, Colorado renewable energy legislation, Colorado solar energy, Colorado solar legislation, DOE, Fair Permit Act, HB-1199, residential solar, solar permit fees, solar photovoltaic, solar PV, Sun Run, Sunshot Program, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. solar power, Barack Obama, Bob Bacon, Bob Gardner, Colorado, electricity, energy, House, John Hickenlooper, manufacturing, Senate, Shawn Mitchell, solar permitting fees, U.S. Department of Energy
Colorado doesn’t want to take a page from the book on solar permitting fees, it wants to write one.
By Jeanne Roberts on November 15, 2010
Tags: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States, Allegheny County, Cape Cod, Charlottesville, Colorado, DOE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Eagle County, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, energy-efficient windows, FHA, home energy efficiency assessment, Home Energy Score, Indiana, Lincoln, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Omaha, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portland, PowerSaver loan, Recovery Through Retrofit, solar hot water heater, South Carolina, Texas, Unemployment, Vice President Joe Biden, Virginia, Workforce Guidelines for Home Energy Upgrades, Barack Obama, Colorado, Colorado, energy, Federal Housing Administration, Indiana, Joe Biden, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Steven Chu, Texas, U.S., Virginia, west coast
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Dept. of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu recently announced the beginning of a program aimed at helping consumers save energy and money.
By Nathanael Baker on October 20, 2010
Tags: Colorado, Denver, geothermal heat pumps, green parking lot, Greenscape, Greenscape Capital, Greenscape Capital Group Inc., solar powered parking lot, TSX: GRN, wind powered parking lot, Finance
Greenscape Capital Group, Inc. (TSX-V: GRN) is set to open the world's greenest parking lot in Denver, Colorado next month.
By Jeanne Roberts on September 9, 2010
Tags: Cogentrix Solar Services LLC, eSolar, Goldman Sachs, Huffington Post, Sempra, 2005 Energy Policy Act, Abengoa, Acciona, AP, Ausra, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, California, Cogentrix, Colorado, concentrating solar power, congress, CSP, desert tortoise, DOE, eSolar, First Solar, Goldman Sachs, Huffington Post, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Nevada, New Mexico, Sempra, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Harry Reid, solar energy, solar photovoltaic, solar PV, Solargenix, Solon, Sopogy, SunEdison, Tessera, Texas, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, Western water, American Southwest, California, Colorado, Congress, Department of the Interior, Dianne Feinstein, energy, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas, U.S., U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, venture capital
On June 29, 2009, a joint announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, and the U.S.
