Colorado hybrid power plant Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:36:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Xcel Energy Starts Hybrid Power Plant in Colorado https://www.greenoptimistic.com/xcel-energy-hybrid-solar-coal-power-plant-colorado-20100701/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/xcel-energy-hybrid-solar-coal-power-plant-colorado-20100701/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:36:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8300 Designed by Abengoa Solar, a Spanish company that has its U.S. headquarters in Lakewood, the $4.5 million plant which is slated for shutdown by the end of 2010, has been converted to test the use of parabolic-trough mirrors.

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