Denver’s government adds five solar panel fields to its clean energy cache
The sunlight will help the city meet a green energy goal.
Solar panels as awnings on townhomes inside the Geos Neighborhood in Arvada, March 26, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Denver taxpayers just bought the (solar) farm.
On Monday, the Denver City Council approved contracts with five solar farms, large swathes of land covered in sun-grabbing panels, worth $11.1 million over 20 years. The subscriptions will nudge the Hancock administration toward its goal of powering every city government building with renewable energy by 2025.
Denver’s almost 20 percent there.
“It’s really neat. We’ve been going at this goal for two years but we’re already at 18 percent of our goal,” said Wade Balmer with Denver General Services.
The five contracts approved Monday were with farms at Denver-based Oak Leaf Energy Partners. Denver’s government already had contracts with Oak Leaf and SunShare en route to meeting its goal.
Denver’s municipal buildings will use sunlight hitting solar panels in Watkins, an unincorporated town in Adams County, and Clifton, a town outside of Grand Junction.
An interactive play about the art of food and community in Five Points has packed the Savoy
"Recipe" depicts the neighborhood's history, including the lives of real people.
LOOK: Denver womxn’s marchers hope the energy will last through November
It was a smaller crowd compared to the first event in 2017, but a lot has changed since then.
Hancock administration will resume enforcement of the camping ban Friday evening
The city attorney's office believes the ban is constitutional, though a judge ruled it is not.
What to know about Denver’s 2020 MLK Day parade — and the dueling event from Black Lives Matter and the Poor People’s Campaign
Some disagree with how the city government honors the civil rights hero.
Business closures signal change on South Pearl, including a potential mandate for street-level activity
Palizo Italiano, Hanson's Grill & Tavern and Platt Park Tavern all closed between November and December.
You’re damn right this Park Hill ‘tuberculosis house’ is historic. A KKK adversary and a mountaineering giant lived there.
Yeah, there are reasons this place will probably be preserved.
Things to do in Denver this weekend, Jan. 17-19
Lego my week and gimme the weekend.
Denver’s commitment to 125 miles of bike lanes is old news, but now we know where they’ll be
Mayor Michael Hancock and others boasted about the plan while showing off a neighborhood bikeway, which is not a bike lane, but is still good for people on bikes.
If you know how to chip away at the housing crisis, a bank and an affordable housing developer might give you money to try it
Denver-based leaders at Wells Fargo and Enterprise Community Partners are accepting applications.
Streetsblog Denver will no longer employ a full-time reporter as a coalition of advocacy groups takes over operations
The site will continue under the auspices of the Denver Streets Partnership, which brings together advocacy groups such as WalkDenver, Bicycle Colorado and the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition.
As Whittier locals start getting mail again, the U.S. Postal Service can’t account for what went wrong
Service interruptions followed an attack on a mail carrier but were only supposed to last one day.
Everything you need to know about the Denver Womxn’s March on Saturday
“If we’re all walking around yelling at each other we won’t get anything done. We’ve got to figure out how to channel that energy."
Denver might create a path for pit bulls to participate legally in our society
The change would not repeal the city’s pit bull ban but would allow the animals to be kept in the city.
Trump administration asks court to force Denver officials into giving up information on immigrants
“Since we have no cooperation at the Denver justice center, we are modifying our tactics to produce information.”
Denver district attorney says August 2019 police shooting that killed Juan Carlos Macias was an act of self-defense
Denver police officer Thomas Schmidt shot Juan Carlos Macias, who allegedly shot at an officer.
Let’s check in on the activist behind the ban on the camping ban now that Denver’s government says it will resume enforcement
"I'm not advocating for people to sleep outside. I'm saying, if the system has failed them, they have a right to do what they need to do to survive."
In “definitely not a sweep,” Denver police close Lincoln Memorial Park, ask people to remove their tents
They're telling people they need to pack up and leave over "environmental health" concerns. And rats.
When Denver’s government dreams bigger than it can afford, it makes a deal. Should it?
Despite the most transparent public-private partnership effort to date, there's still a lot we don't know about how much taxpayers could pay for in the National Western Center remodel.
Here’s all the new public art in Denver from December (and why the city’s about to get a lot more)
The city believes there will be a bunch of new projects thanks to a decision voters made in 2017.
$200,000 worth of murals celebrating weeds — not weed — will grow on vintage Lakewood apartment complex
The Lamar Station Apartments are located along the 40 West ArtLine.