Energy

Coloradoโ€™s first biomass energy plant closed, set for auction as owner files for bankruptcy protection

The pioneering biomass plant in Gypsum โ€” the first in the state to begin converting shredded beetle-kill trees into electricity โ€” has shut down and its owner has filed for bankruptcy protection citing more than $40 million in debt.ย 

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Sloan: Could Doug Burgum and Chris Wright lead an American energy revival?

There is much consternation in different corners about President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s cabinet picks; indeed, some of it is not entirely unwarranted. Much of it, on the other hand, is on the order of polemical hysteria, an outcropping of the leftโ€™s general caterwauling about how America under a second Trump presidency will take on the appearance of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.

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Trump’s pick for energy secretary, Colorado’s Chris Wright, says the real crisis is ‘energy poverty’

President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s pick for Secretary of Energy, Colorado’s Chris Wright, views the world divided between the haves and have-notsย โ€” with a specific eye toward access to energy, arguing that, instead of a โ€œclimate” agenda, America should focus on ensuring a wide array of cheap, abundant and sustainable energy sources that include geothermal, nuclear, oil and gas.ย 

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Dickenson: From the Rockies to the Beltway, Coloradoโ€™s influence in Washington

Colorado has long punched above its weight in shaping national policy, and this administration is no different. With the appointment of Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy, our state once again finds itself in a key position of influence in Washington, D.C.

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New rules would limit use of fresh water in oil-and-gas operations

To reduce the amount of fresh water used in oil-and-gas drilling, operators must ensure a certain percentage of water they are using in extraction is reused or recycled under a plan set to be released in the next week by a legislatively created advisory group.

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