Colorado: The Silicon Valley of Renewable Energy

(Part 2 of 2) ConocoPhillips purchased the old Storage Tek site in Louisville, and their current plan is to create a 5000 to 10,000 person research and training center related primarily to their interest in renewable and alternative energy. They’re doing that here in Colorado, but they’re not the only one setting up offices here! David Hiller, Executive Director of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory and Carl Koval, Professor at CU Boulder in the Dept. of Chemistry and Bio-chem (and he also serves as the CU institutional coordinator for the Collaboratory; and also the faculty director for CU Boulder’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative) discuss the growth of the this past year. A year ago when we were starting the Collaboratory we used this phrase, kind of tongue in cheek – “Colorado the Silicon Valley of Renewable Energy”. But it’s no longer tongue in cheek. These companies are not only investing in research, they’re moving here. They range from Fortune 50 companies to very large international energy companies such as ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Shell, DuPont and more... In addition, there is a great deal of interest from the private sector. LISTEN
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