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County’s largest PV system installed near Salida

County’s largest PV system installed near Salida(7)

Posted by Steve Stucko on May 2, 2010

This is the first system of it’s kind installed in Colorado, and a first for Salida based Peak Solar. This installation really demonstrates how green energy can benefit rural communities like Salida.

Posted in Sustainability | Tagged energy, solar | 7 Responses

National news hits home, wilderness activist’s mom is BV Finance Director(2)

Posted by Lee Hart on January 6, 2009

BV Finance Director Christine DeChristopher worries about her now-famous activist son’s future.

Posted in Environment, Local | Tagged activism, blm, energy, oil and gas | 2 Responses

Massive solar plant just over the horizon

Massive solar plant just over the horizon(3)

Posted by Bill Donavan on December 15, 2008

Salida students visited the 8.22 megawatt SunEdison solar photovoltaic plant, one of the world’s largest, near Alamosa, Colorado. The electricity produced there helps Xcel Energy comply with Amendment 37 and Colorado’s new renewable energy standard.

Posted in Environment, Schools | Tagged alamosa, energy, salida middle school, san luis valley, solar, sunedison | 3 Responses

Head2Head I: Mallet v. Holman on Browns Canyon, energy(0)

Posted by Lee Hart on October 21, 2008

Holman and Mallett are diametrically opposed when it comes to Brown’s Canyon Wilderness designation, but the lines are blurred when it comes to renewable energy.

Posted in Election | Tagged brown's canyon, Election, energy, geothermal | Leave a response

Dialogue heats up as geothermal energy prospect brightens(1)

Posted by Lee Hart on September 18, 2008

Mount Princeton Geothermal LLC’s proposed energy project in Chaffee County’s Chalk Creek Canyon could provide power to upwards of 4,000 homes.

Posted in Environment | Tagged energy, geothermal, mount princeton hot springs | 1 Response

Hot springs eyed for renewable energy project(0)

Posted by Lee Hart on May 14, 2008

Could the same forces that heat the water at Mount Princeton and Cottonwood hot springs resorts, be harnessed to power nearly half of all Chaffee County households?

Posted in Environment | Tagged energy, geothermal, water | Leave a response

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