Local entrepreneur sells energy-saving device
Sonny Mata was looking through patents a couple of years ago when he stumbled onto a green-energy business he could easily get behind. “I’d been selling solar panels,” he said. But at that time it would take most homeowners 12 years to realize a return on their investments, which was a hard sell. “I wanted [...]
After adding insulation and replacing light fixtures and HVAC systems, the owners of CityRock are saving almost 60 percent on utility bills — about $11,000 a year. It’s a huge savings, said Joe Groshong, who owns the 17,000-square-foot climbing gym in downtown Colorado Springs with his wife Lara. While they weren’t solely motivated by finances, [...]
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Helped by DOE funding, UCCS to build prototype for powering electric cars The path toward much-advanced batteries for electric cars might begin in Colorado Springs. The University of Colorado Colorado Springs received a $716,000 Department of Energy grant last week to build a better electric-vehicle battery system. That $716,000 is just UCCS’ portion of a [...]
Continue reading …When the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association recognized Denver as a Solar Friendly Community earlier this month, some conservation leaders in Colorado Springs wondered if this city could meet criteria. The program is mostly focused on improving the soft costs associated with installing solar, said Rebecca Cantwell, senior program director for COSEIA. She spoke to [...]
Continue reading …The Niobrara formation – known for its oil and gas deposits – is getting even bigger, according to the Denver Business Journal. The newspaper is reporting that yield estimates for the Niobrara, which includes parts of El Paso County and Colorado Springs, have soared to 3.6 billion barrels. That’s one-third larger than previous forecasts by [...]
Continue reading …Atargis Energy Corp. became the first company to produce electric power from the energy of ocean waves by using a specific energy conversion machine developed in Colorado Springs. The company’s model, one-tenth the size of the planned machine, was tested in a large offshore wave basin facility at Texas A&M, and delivered 370 watts of [...]
Continue reading …Colorado’s Senate is taking a final vote Thursday on the state’s $7.4 billion spending plan for next year. The budget has already passed the House, and disagreements between the chambers are minimal. That means Colorado seniors are all but certain to get property tax relief next year. And public schools could see their first year [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says that like most governors, he prefers state regulation of oil and gas drilling to federal regulation. “Most governors are going to argue that it should be a state responsibility,” Hickenlooper said Wednesday at a news conference during the energy consulting firm IHS CERA’s annual executive conference in Houston. “We can [...]
Continue reading …After seven years of decline, coal production in Colorado increased 10.4 percent in 2011 to nearly 28 million tons as companies tapped into new markets abroad. The state Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety says employment at Colorado’s 10 mines also rose 12 percent to 2,363 in the first nine months of 2011. And, there [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs’ solar industry took a few big steps forward in 2011 and appears poised for even more advances in 2012. Solar gardens, tax rebates and policy changes are all anticipated to expedite the industry in the coming year. SunShare, a start-up founded by 24-year-old Colorado College graduate David Amster-Olszewski, was the first in the [...]
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