Media Advisory: Community, Business Leaders Form Clean Energy Initiative in Northern Colorado

WHAT:

Economic development, university and community leaders in Northern Colorado will announce a new initiative to create and promote clean, renewable energy opportunities that could help increase the region’s energy independence. Partners include Colorado State University, the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corp., the city of Fort Collins, Woodward Governor Company and others.

WHEN/WHERE:

10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, May 18, Fort Collins City Council chambers, 300 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins

DETAILS:

Only 2.3 percent of the nation’s electricity is derived from renewable sources – an $8.8 billion industry. Northern Colorado economic development leaders want to capture a share.

For more information, please contact Emily Narvaes Wilmsen at (970) 491-2336 or Emily.Wilmsen@colostate.edu.

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