Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES)

Next Tuesday, we welcome Paul Davis from Platte River Power Authority for a look at the steps Platte River is taking to build a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) with its owner communities in Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont, and Loveland. The VPP is intended to harness customers’ flexible distributed energy resources to support Platte River as it decarbonizes its generation while maintaining the financial sustainability and reliability of the electric system. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/gFKXBw8b

Tomorrow evening, learn how Platte River Power Authority plans to build a Virtual Power Plant with its owner communities in our next Speaker Series event with Paul Davis! Learn more and register at: https://lnkd.in/g4_QBsJk

Boulder Progressives, in collaboration with Climate Changemakers, hosts their monthly Climate Action Hour tomorrow evening at the main branch of the Boulder Public Library. This event is your opportunity to step into the world of civic engagement and advocate for bold, science-based, equitable #climate solutions. They make it easy to take action. All you have to do is bring a laptop and show up, and they’ll help you with the rest! Learn more and RSVP for this free event. https://lnkd.in/grp_wXW4

In early 2026, several major Colorado utilities will join Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) as it expands into Western Interconnection. The SPP will bring an organized market to Colorado and nearby states with the benefits of increased reliability and better economics, with a Brattle Group study predicting $49 million in annual savings. We're thrilled to be joined by Steve Johnson of the SPP, who will discuss what this means for Colorado utilities and ratepayers. He will cover the basics of how energy markets work to create optimal economics to lower the cost of energy while improving reliability, along with unique considerations for us in Colorado. Join us Thursday, September 5th for this free #webinar. Learn more and register at https://lnkd.in/gdmih9Em

Tomorrow evening at 7 PM, Tanja Rauch-Williams, Chief Innovation Officer at Metro Water Recovery, joins our #JeffCo chapter to present opportunities to recover energy from wastewater. Learn more and RSVP. Stay for food, drinks, ice cream, and conversations after the Q&A! A live stream link will be available for remote viewers. https://lnkd.in/gix3aN4H

Our JeffCo Chapter's Summer Grill Party starts soon in Golden! Hope you can make it for food, drinks, and conversations. https://lnkd.in/g3UyQZWd

Next Thursday, August 22nd, Tanja Rauch-Williams, Chief Innovation Officer at Metro Water Recovery joins our #JeffCo chapter in Golden to present on opportunities to recover energy from wastewater. Heat in wastewater is a #renewable energy source of which the public is largely unaware but which has notable potential to decarbonize new and existing buildings. Learn about why the wastewater we generate in Colorado is especially suitable to be put to use for renewable energy generation and about the first operating projects in our communities. Stay for food, drinks, ice cream, and conversations after the Q&A! A live stream link will be provided for remote viewing. https://lnkd.in/gix3aN4H

Join us tomorrow at 6 PM in Washington Park in #Denver for our Metro Denver Chapter's #summer picnic! Please RSVP so we have a good headcount for food/drinks. https://lnkd.in/gHnprVQK

Check out the upcoming CRES chapter events and community events in our August Newsletter! https://lnkd.in/gb2D2w2J

Robert Youngberg joined our #JeffCo chapter recently to give an overview of China’s CO2 coal production, CO2 emissions, and its global dominance of solar PV, wind systems, electric vehicles, batteries, raw material resourcing, manufacturing, in-country implementation, and global exports. Robert has over 15 years of working with China in clean energy transition, including many delegate trips to China, visiting solar PV and wind system manufacturing plants, and presenting at various conferences in China. At the invitation from the Energy Foundation China, he recently presented at the China Pavilion at the UNFCCC 2023 Conference of Parties in Dubai. Check out the recording on the CRES YouTube channel! https://lnkd.in/gPAhhJxn