Topic: Colorado

Wind turbine maker Vestas plans to hire more than 1,000 at 3 Colorado plantsVestas Wind Systems said Tuesday it will hire more than 1,000 people at three Colorado plants that manufacture wind turbine components after receiving a surge of orders for the ...
Vestas Wind Systems gets order for 139 turbines for wind farm on eastern Colorado plainsVestas Wind Systems has received an order for 139 turbines from Renewable Energy Systems Americas for a wind farm RES Americas is building on the eastern plains of ...
Colorado biobutanol manufacturer looking to salvage abandoned Nebraska ethanol plantsA Colorado-based company could be in the market for abandoned ethanol plants in Nebraska. Gevo Inc. of Englewood, Colo., would retrofit the plants to make an alternative fuel called biobutanol. A number of ...
Power supplier to electric co-ops in 4 Western states signs wind farm dealA company that supplies power to rural electric cooperatives in four Western states announced Monday that it will buy electricity from a new wind farm on Colorado's Eastern Plains. The ...
Interior designates 670,000 acres of federal land in Southwest as potential sites for solarThe government will help companies build powerful solar farms in the desert Southwest by pre-qualifying huge swaths of federal land for development. The Department of Interior said Monday it ...
Meltdown 101: With renewable energy push and promised federal funding, where are the jobs?Everywhere you turn there is talk of a shift to renewable energy, of building wind farms and solar plants, of making buildings more efficient, of developing biofuels. And of ...