Opinion: A solar-energy trade dispute erupts at exactly the wrong time

Morgan Bazilian and Simon Lomax of the Payne Institute for Public Policy wrote this opinion piece about how a complaint by a California company could delay Xcel Energy's exit from coal.
May 17, 2022

Hydropower is 53% of the renewable energy supply in the West. Drought is slowing down production.

“It’s our largest low- or no-carbon emissions energy source that we can turn on and off when we need it,” Adrienne Marshall, an assistant professor of geology and geological engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, said.
May 17, 2022

Here’s how Colorado oil and gas companies say they are getting to net-zero emissions

The old way, or current way, uses thermographic cameras that can see methane. But to capture that, operators rely on either drones, satellites or people driving around trucks with the cameras, said Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute ....
April 20, 2022

Colorado oil and gas wells are constantly changing hands. Some risk becoming costly “orphans” along the way.

Brad Handler, a researcher at the Colorado School of Mines’ Payne Institute for Public Policy, says that “in a way, private companies have often proven to be more stable operators, more consistent operators than public ones. … They don’t have to ....
January 19, 2022

Opinion: 3 lessons from the energy crisis

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and senior fellow Brad Handler wrote this opinion piece on the causes of tight supply and high energy prices.
December 17, 2021

Colorado could stuff its CO2 deep in the ground to slow climate change

After meeting for months, task force members are optimistic Colorado is ready to fund research and demonstration projects and move forward on enabling rules, said Laura Singer, carbon capture program manager for the Colorado School of Mines.
November 26, 2021

Pueblo’s Arkansas River levee is a Colorado gem. It’s also a reminder of the state’s deadliest disaster.

Armed with grant money, the cemetery foundation hired archaeological consultants who worked with geophysics students from the Colorado School of Mines to investigate what might lie beneath the surface of certain sections of the cemetery in the so ....
June 7, 2021

Agricultural water contaminated with “forever chemicals” could taint produce, Colorado study finds

The study, published last week in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, shows that “we really need to not ignore this potential exposure,” said Juliane Brown, lead author and an environmental engineering Ph.D. candidate at the School of ....
November 23, 2020

Colorado colleges want to offer more in-person classes this spring. Here’s what they learned from a tough fall.

Peter Han, chief of staff for Mines’ president and the school’s pandemic incident commander, credited the multiple ventilation experts on campus for helping to ensure classroom transmission is functionally nonexistent.
October 28, 2020

Dead rainbow trout floated on the South Platte. Could fish detectives crack the case?

Davenport emailed the Denver Department of Health and Environment and alerted Ashley Rust, a research associate in civil and environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines who also advises Revesco, developer of The River Mile, on trout ....
September 10, 2020