No, Wind Turbines Didn’t Keep Texas Grid Online
Wind energy kept Texas powered earlier this week, according to supporters of the renewable energy power source. Plunging temperatures as a result of the polar vortex pushed energy generation across the country above normal winter levels, including Texas: ERCOT said demand for electricity today reached 55,486 megawatts between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. That’s short […]
Progressive criticism of PUC nominee Vaad is about ALEC rather than energy
Progressive left logic: Progressives want to destroy ALEC. Moderate Republican PUC nominee Glenn Vaad has been a member of ALEC. Therefore progressives want to destroy Glenn Vaad even though he has supported increasing Colorado’s renewable energy mandate and fuel switching. The progressive left’s criticism of Governor John Hickenlooper’s appointment of former State Representative Glenn Vaad […]
Obama Administration Ramps Up Renewables, Extends Wind Energy ‘Takings’ On Eagles
A pair of energy policy moves made by the Obama administration at the end of 2013 could have an impact far beyond the end of second term, drawing criticism from natural resource proponents and environmentalists alike. Last week, the White House issued a memorandum targeting a requirement of 20 percent of all energy consumed by […]
‘Devastating’: Despite Majority Support, ‘Fractivists’ Plan Statewide Fracking Ban; MoveOn Joins Effort
DENVER—Calls for a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing in Colorado have escalated following the passage of a handful of local moratoria, even as a majority of Colorado voters continue to support the drilling method. A Quinnipiac poll from November 19 conducted just two weeks after voters in Boulder, Lafayette, and Fort Collins—and possibly Broomfield—voted for […]
Pandora's Promise: if you care about kids, go nuclear
By Dr. Robert Applegate The opening scene of the documentary Pandora’s Promise brings viewers face-to-face with nuclear power plant protestors screaming scary things like “the nuclear industry is a death industry.” Then it moves to a nuclear energy supporter walking around the destroyed nuclear power plant in Fukushima with the filmmaker Robert Stone asking are […]
Pandora’s Promise: if you care about kids, go nuclear
By Dr. Robert Applegate The opening scene of the documentary Pandora’s Promise brings viewers face-to-face with nuclear power plant protestors screaming scary things like “the nuclear industry is a death industry.” Then it moves to a nuclear energy supporter walking around the destroyed nuclear power plant in Fukushima with the filmmaker Robert Stone asking are […]
Fracking Bans: A Postmortem
A contentious battle between anti-fracking activists such as Our Broomfield and supporters of the energy gathering method, including the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, will have to wait just a bit longer for the dust to settle in Tuesday’s election. Broomfield’s Question 300, a 5 year prohibition on the use of hydraulic fracturing and associated […]
EPA Carbon “Listening Tour” Set to Hit Denver Tomorrow
DENVER–After a slight delay due to the government shutdown in early October, the Environmental Protection Agency began its 11-city “listening tour” seeking input on carbon pollution regulations last week, with an all-day session schedule for Denver on Wednesday. “The agency is expected to solicit ideas on how best to regulate carbon emissions from the more […]
Unrealized Value: Colorado’s Energy Development on Federal Land
Relative to other states in the Rocky Mountain region, Colorado is underutilizing its federal land for energy development, specifically for oil and gas development. On average, the states in the Mountain West region produce 40 percent of their oil, and 50 percent of their natural gas on federal land. Meanwhile, Colorado produces 10 percent of its oil, and 20 percent of its natural gas on federal land.
Think of economic impact before banning fracking
By Brandon Ratterman Around the nation, self-described environmentalists have made hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and their perceived negative impact on the environment growing points of contention. In Colorado this debate led to several community-based moratoriums and talks of a statewide ban on fracking. But if a few organized, anti-fracking organizations realistically want to shut down an […]
FERC nominee Ron Binz the flipper
By Amy Oliver Cooke and Robert Applegate As Ron Binz campaigns to be confirmed as the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, much of the emphasis has been on his position as an activist for what he considers to be low or no carbon energy sources, predominantly Big Wind. (Forget the fact that wind […]
Want open space? Don't go wind or solar!
By Robert Applegate Amid the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) latest report1 on the land requirements of solar power generation, others are taking a look at what is really required to power homes using solar and wind and comparing that to another carbon free source, nuclear power generation. A nuclear power plant, the biggest reactors […]
