Colorado Wind Activities
The dedication of the 900-kW Americas Wind Energy wind turbine installed in Wray, Colorado by the Wray School District RD-2. Search for more wind-related photos in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory PIX database.
This Colorado wind map shows the wind resource at an 80-m height.
This page summarizes wind activities in Colorado.
Wind Working Group
State Wind Working Groups form strategic alliances to communicate wind's benefits and challenges to state stakeholders.
Anemometer Loan Program
Anemometer data can help businesses, farmers, homeowners, and municipalities determine whether there is enough wind energy at a site to make a wind turbine investment economically feasible. Such data can also aid windfarm developers in determining whether an area is suitable for developing a large, utility-scale wind plant.
80-Meter Wind Map
The wind map can be used as a guide to identify regions for commercial wind development.
Small Wind Consumer's Guide
This guide provides consumers with information to help them determine whether a small wind electric system can provide all or a portion of the energy they need for their home or business based on their wind resource, energy needs, and economics.
Featured Resources
- Strategic Transmission and Renewables: A Vision of Colorado's Electric Power Sector to the Year 2050
- Economic Development Impacts of Colorado's First 1,000 Megawatts of Wind Energy
- Connecting Colorado's Renewable Resources to the Markets
- Colorado Incentives and Policies for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE Database)
More Wind Activities in Colorado
Resources
Links to websites such as state programs.
Events
Lists upcoming events.
Past Events
List of Wind Powering America-related past events.
School Wind Projects
Colorado has some schools with wind projects.
- Black Hawk, Colorado State University - Gilpin County Extension
- Burlington, Burlington High School
- Fairplay, South Park High School
- Flagler, Flagler High School
- Florence, Florence High School
- Fort Collins, Colorado Wind Application Center (Colorado State University)
- Franktown, Cherry Valley Elementary School
- Grand Junction, District 51 Career Center
- Kit Carson, Kit Carson Junior/Senior High School
- Nederland, Nederland Middle/High School
- Parker, Ponderosa High School
- Stratton, Stratton High/Middle School
- Walsenburg, John Mall High School
- Walsh, Walsh High School
- Wellington, Wellington Middle School
- Wray, Wray School District
Educational Programs
Colorado has some schools with educational programs or trainings.
- Aurora, Ecotech Institute
- Boulder, University of Colorado - Boulder (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute)
- Broomfield, Redstone College Wind Energy Technology Program
- Carbondale, Solar Energy International
- Fort Collins, Colorado Wind Application Center (Colorado State University)
- Golden, Colorado School of Mines
- Golden, Wind Energy Applications Training Symposium
- Lakewood, Red Rocks Community College
- Paonia, Solar Energy International
- Sterling, Northeastern Junior College
- Westminster, Front Range Community College
News and Publications
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Type of Information | Program Area | Title |
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| 2/22/2006 | CO | Publication |
Agricultural Public Power Small Wind |
Applying Interconnection and Net Metering to Small Wind [..More] | |||
| 6/24/2008 | CO | News |
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Aspen Wins DOE Wind Power Pioneer Award [..More] | |||
| 4/5/2001 | CO | News |
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Blowin' in the Wind: An alternative source of energy finally takes off [..More] | |||
| 9/1/2001 | CO | Publication |
Public Power |
Colorado Public Utility Commission's Xcel Wind Decision [..More] | |||
| 1/15/2011 | CO | News |
Schools |
Colorado's Ponderosa High School Dedicates Wind for Schools Project [..More] | |||