Clean Energy. Local Control.
During a blazing heat wave ahead of Labor Day weekend, thousands of Xcel Energy customers lost control of their smart thermostats as Colorado’s largest utility company tried to reduce strain on the electricity grid. It’s now clear the unprecedented move was not only a response to the warm weather driving people to crank their AC …
Carl Hoiland grew up in a rural Oregon, taking trips into the Sierra Mountains with his grandfather to prospect gold and uranium. In grad school, Hoiland studied geothermal energy, the complex science of converting heat sources buried within the earth into electricity. He quickly learned how little the field had advanced. Geothermal developers sometimes gets …
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Link to the original article Colorado communities may soon be empowered to chart their own energy and climate futures. Thanks to the pioneering work of Boulder’s State Representative Edie Hooton and the passage of Colorado HB21-1269, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission is conducting an investigation to determine if the Colorado legislature should authorize Colorado cities …
What would you call someone who sold you a car – sold you the car, not gave it to you – yet that person knew that at about 50,000 miles / 5 years the car would assuredly blow up, killing you and everyone else in the car? This is the situation we are in with …
Hydrogen Blues (and Greens and Grays) High Country News, July 1, 2022 Jonathan Thompson Link to the original article Is this wonder fuel truly green — or just another fossil fuel in disguise? In January, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D, unveiled the “Hydrogen Hub Development Act,” saying it would “expand the clean energy economy” in …