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• Locations: News Published Sep. 6, 2023

  Wind power — promise and problems

  ARABIC 2 Turbine with Identiflight Bird Detection System at a windfarm in California. Photo by Identiflight, a company based in Louisville

  By Fred Porter
  Special to The Sopris Sun

  Wind power continues to be Colorado’s largest source of electricity with near-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for 28% of generation in 2022. Xcel Energy reported its fraction of electricity generated by wind was 35%, and Holy Cross Energy (HCE)…

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