Colorado is fairly well placed geographically for renewables to work. The southern part is arid and sunny, great for photovoltaics. The plains and hills are windy, perfect for turbines. And I wouldn't be surprised if some high mountain valleys are used for pumped hydro.
But this is great news and shows it can be done. And with nary a nuke in sight.
To be fair, the need for nukes is in northern climates where heat pumps require the most energy in the depths of winter, when the sun is lowest and daylight shortest. Colorado by contrast has and will continue its highest energy demands in the peak of hot summer days thanks to the energy cost of cooling.
Colorado gets pretty darn cold in the winter, but those days are usually pretty windy.
Colorado is fairly well placed geographically for renewables to work. The southern part is arid and sunny, great for photovoltaics. The plains and hills are windy, perfect for turbines. And I wouldn't be surprised if some high mountain valleys are used for pumped hydro.
But this is great news and shows it can be done. And with nary a nuke in sight.
To be fair, the need for nukes is in northern climates where heat pumps require the most energy in the depths of winter, when the sun is lowest and daylight shortest. Colorado by contrast has and will continue its highest energy demands in the peak of hot summer days thanks to the energy cost of cooling.
Colorado gets pretty darn cold in the winter, but those days are usually pretty windy.