Xcel is the nation’s largest utility wind power provider and has set new records for single-day and one-hour wind-energy production in Colorado. For the first time on October 2, wind generation supplied more than half of its Colorado customers’ energy, averaging 54 percent. Almost all of that wind energy was produced within Colorado. Xcel also set a new […]
Key Statistics
November 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Denver housing market remains among the hottest in the country. Here are some key recent statistics: 1. The average price of a single-family house in metro Denver climbed another 11 percent year-over-year in September to $398,591. 2. The number of single-family houses sold in September was 3,509, a 0.11 percent decrease from the same month in the […]
Denver’s Economic Growth
November 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to a new report by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, Denver’s economy grew at a pace of 6.5 percent last year, which is nearly triple the average rate of the nation’s metro areas. The Denver metro area (including Aurora and Lakewood) had a gross domestic product (GDP), which measures the total output of goods and services […]
Denver Ties with San Francisco
November 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to the latest monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Index report, after trailing San Francisco for year-over-year home-resale price gains in July, Denver tied with San Francisco in August for the top spot among 20 major U.S. metro areas. Case-Shiller numbers for metro Denver cover a 10-county area: Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and […]
Solar Power Rankings
October 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to a new report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association, the United States solar power market passed the 20 gigawatts of capacity milestone during the second quarter of this year. New installations of solar power during the second quarter nationwide totaled nearly 1,400 megawatts. Overall, the U.S. installed 2.7 gigawatts of […]
Best in the West
October 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to a new list by Money magazine, Denver is the best city to live in the West. The magazine rated Denver No. 1 in the West, calling it a mecca for Millennials. Did you know that Millennials now outnumber Baby Boomers? What aspects of Denver were highlighted? Relatively affordable real estate (when compared with […]
Colorado’s Wind Power Rankings
October 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to new reports from the U.S. Department of Energy, Colorado ranks 7th nationally for wind-power generation capacity installed in 2014, and 10th for total wind power installed through last year. Colorado had 261 megawatts of wind-driven energy production capacity installed last year, roughly the equivalent of the power needed to serve 69,600 typical homes. […]