Nederland Renewable Energy Project

Join the Solar Jobs / Green Jobs Rally!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Rally to the Capitol kicks off at 1:30 PM

START: From 16TH Street Mall at Lawrence St., Denver
Assembly and Press Conference 1:30 PM
FINISH: Colorado State Capitol (west steps) at 2:30 PM

Solar Roofs = Local Jobs

A petition is being circulated requesting that the new Nederland library be constructed with more emphasis using renewable energy. Grant opportunities have not been fully explored.  Here is the link followed by the e-mail received:

http://www.petitiononline.com/geosolar/petition.html

Petition for a Sustainable Nederland Community Library

On Jan. 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a
free
activist
workshop
in
Denver. Would you like to attend? Click
here
to
RSVP
today.

Environment Colorado and the Public Interest Network will run the
training, which will feature sessions on:

* The best techniques for organizing your neighbors to take
action, and

* The best ways to persuade your local media to cover an issue you
care about.

Joy Hughes of Solar Panel Hosting http://solarpanelhosting.com/ will be interviewed about Responsible, Distributed Solar Power at 8AM on KRZA 88.9 FM in Alamosa, CO tomorrow morning. But why wait when you can listen to it now: http://www.solarpanelhosting.com/Joy_Hughes_KRZA.mp3

She's coming to visit me in a few weeks so if you want to meet her please let me know....

Did you know how much “power” you have to make change in your home and
community? Be inspired during this seminar which features three local
sustainability visionaries who will address your contributions toward
the collective good. Learn about the ideas and innovations that are
guiding us to a prosperous future, our successes to date, and renewable
energy’s role in our community and beyond.

Boulder: Center for ReSource Conservation (2639 Spruce Street)

Some initial notes on a Sustainability Advisory Board for the Town of Nederland.

I proposed creating a Sustainability Advisory Board for the Town of Nederland that would organize a formal structure with volunteers from NedREP.  After a workshop with the BOT, it seems like the idea is moving forward.

I posted an outline of its structure and some notes on initial work.  If NedREP wants to have some of its members join this (it would be geared to Town projects rather than larger boundaries), we can probably have it formed at the July 14 meeting of the BOT.

Dallas

     I was able to catch a portion of the Commissioners meeting on solar and wind changes in the county.  Essentially an individual will be able to have windmills up to 70 feet with little effort and only a few restriction like the "fall" area of the tower cannot be in you neighbors yard and you have to be in a colored area on the Colorado wind map (all of our mountain area is).
     Solar has upcoming changes related mostly to lessening setbacks to within 5 feet of property line and the use of adjacent uninhabited lots as potential sites for arrays.

On May 14, the Boulder County Board of Commissioners will consider amendments to the Land Use Code concerning small wind turbines and solar energy collectors.  Changes are proposed to existing use classifications, and new use classifications are proposed as well. 
 
The meeting will begin at 4 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, third floor of the Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder.
 
Boulder County supports the transition to renewable energy sources as one of the key actions adopted in the countywide Sustainable Energy Plan. Not all land use regulations, however, have allowed property owners to be as flexible with how and where renewable energy systems are implemented.