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New DOE Study Finds 5 Coal Plant Sites in Colorado That Could Convert to Nuclear0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- September 13, 2022
A brand new study released today from the Department of Energy (DOE) finds multiple locations in Colorado that could benefit from a coal-to-nuclear power transition. The study authors examined both operational and recently retired (within the last 10 years) coal plants across the country to screen for siting characteristics deemed favorable for a nuclear conversion.
READ MOREVictory for Transparency: Feeding at DOE’s public trough a little less appetizing0
- Archive, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Legal, Renewable Energy
- March 22, 2013
For the last two and half years, the Independence Institute along with other free market energy policy advocates have pounded the drum of transparency and exposed the federal government’s infamous Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee program that rewarded the politically well-connected while costing taxpayers billions of dollars with high profile bankruptcies such as Solyndra
READ MOREGoldman Sachs CO subsidiary gets $90.6 million taxpayer loan guarantee0
- Archive, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Legal
- November 7, 2011
In the shadow of the Solyndra bankruptcy scandal, the embattled Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program announced on September 9, a $90.6 million loan guarantee to Cogentrix Energy of Alamosa for a solar energy project. A Cogentrix press release reported: The loan guarantee will support the Alamosa Solar Generating Project, a 30 megawatt (MW)
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Making sense of NREL's budget math and job creation0
- Archive, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Legal
- October 6, 2011
The story surrounding NREL’s possible $8 million reduction in 2012 doesn’t make sense. Is it a “savings” or a “cut”? Does NREL “create” green jobs or not? And NREL spokesman Bob Noun’s comments have not helped to clarify. Consider this story from CBS 4 Denver where Noun was questioned about NREL‘s funding and stimulus money it received: Noun
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