Colorado: Energy Resources

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State Profile
Name	Colorado
Governor	John Hickenlooper
Population	Unavailable
Median Household Income	$56,993.00
Energy Consumption	Coming Soon
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Energy Maps	40 view
Energy Organizations	401 view
Utility Companies	70 view
Active Energy Incentives	72 view

Colorado is the US state that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Southwestern United States, and the Mountain States. Colorado is the 8th most extensive and the 22nd most populous of the 50 United States. Colorado is a state in the United States of America.

Energy Production by Technology in Colorado

Fuel Source	Value	Units
Solar Power	16,530	MWh
Wind Power	2,942,133	MWh
Geothermal Power	0	MWh
Biomass Power	50,528	MWh
Total Energy Production from Non-Hydro Renewables	3,009,191	MWh
Hydro Power	2,058,215	MWh
HPS Power	108,658	MWh
Total Energy Production from Renewables	5,067,406	MWh
Coal Power	31,641,090	MWh
Gas Power	13,802,364	MWh
Petroleum Power	15,553	MWh
Nuclear Power	0	MWh
Other	33,633	MWh
Total Energy Production	50,451,388	MWh
Percent of Total Power from Non-Hydro Renewables	6	%
Percent of Total Power from Renewables	10	%
Source: 2009 EIA Data (Download)

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13 News Articles

72 Energy Incentives (Active)

70 Utility Companies

401 Energy Organizations

2 Smart Grid Projects

Renewable Energy Resources

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), Colorado has substantial renewable energy resources—including wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric resources—but they remain relatively undeveloped, and the state ranks 13th out of all the states according to 2007 data in renewable energy generation.^[1]

Much of Colorado's renewable energy resource originates in its mountains--more than 100 mountain peaks rise above 4,000 meters in the state. Geologic activity in Colorado's mountains provides potential for geothermal power development. Lofty mountain ridges present wind power potential. Rivers flowing from the mountains offer hydroelectric power possibilities. Within more metropolitan areas, solar has been gaining momentum as more private sector activity has been driven by policies put in place in recent years, and solar resources in the southwest part of the state are also being explored for utility scale solar projects, though transmission issues have yet to be resolved.^[2]

Hydroelectric facilities and wind power plants account for most of the State’s electricity generation from renewable sources. Additionally, corn grown on the states’ eastern plains offers potential resources for ethanol production.

State Energy Program Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) State Energy Program (SEP) funding award to Colorado is $49,222,000. As of October 2009, the state received $24,611,000.^[3]

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"Although the Denver metropolitan area was the first area in the country to require the use of motor gasoline blended with ethanol to reduce carbon monoxide emissions, the state is relatively new to large-scale ethanol production. It produces ethanol mostly from corn at small facilities in the northeastern part of the state. Colorado's smallest ethanol production plant is co-located with the Coors brewery in Golden and uses waste beer to produce ethanol for fuel consumption." (source: EIA)

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References

[0] ttp://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=CO

[1] ttp://http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=16924&page=72=CO

[2] 2009 Recovery Act and the State Energy Program

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