January 2025 | Climate Events across Colorado
Monthly climate events, jobs, and news in the Colorado front range
There’s a lot going on in Colorado, and it shouldn’t be a secret! It’s not the biggest tech scene, but Colorado’s unique mix of research, policy, companies, mountains, and people work together to make it a major climate hub. This newsletter is an independent roundup of community-submitted climate events in the Colorado Front Range area and is not associated with any specific company or group.
Happy new year! 🥳 Nobody can say for sure what will happen in 2025, but it will be significant for the climate community. $140 million from the IRA is finally rolling out to consumers in Colorado, and Xcel tripled their heat pump rebates. So that’s pretty cool. At the same time, a new white house administration and ongoing high interest rates have been a wet blanket on climate investment. 🎭 👀
But there is one thing to get excited about now. Colorado Climate Week!
On the front end of NREL’s Industry Growth Forum, the inaugural Colorado Climate Week will convene cleantech experts in Denver (March 24-26). We’ll have more info for you next month, but mark your calendars ASAP. Save your ski trip for another week.
Our spotlight 🔦 from Hannah Davis continues this month is with Megha Agrawal Sood, a leader at the intersection of climate, art, and culture.
Events This Month
🍻 Boulder Climate Happy Hour: Jan 15, Wed
🏢 Colorado Building Symposium: Jan 16, Thu
🔋 2025 Solar Power and Energy Storage Mountain West: Jan 20, Mon
📜 Climate Action Hour: Jan 22, Wed
🌻 Agrivoltaic Seminar Series - Conservation & Biodiversity: Jan 23, Thu
👩🍳 All-Electric Cooking Tech Demos : Jan 28, Tue
⚡️ Western Power Players: Jan 28, Tue
Read on for more details about this month’s upcoming events.
Sneak Peak at the Following Month
🧠 Colorado Jewish Climate Summit: Feb 2, Sun
🏢 ClimateCon! Denver 2025: Feb 4, Tue
🗼 Landing the Paris Climate Agreement: Feb 12, Wed
🌻 Agrivoltaic Seminar Series - Solar Asset Owners: Feb 13, Thu
⛺️ Net-zero Boot Camp: Feb 14, Fri
🍻 Boulder Climate Happy Hour: Feb 19, Wed
🏎️ Drive Clean Summit and Expo 2025 : Feb 26, Wed
There will be more! These are just a few that I know about if you like to plan ahead.
Spotlight of the Month: Megha Agrawal Sood
Spotlight on Megha Agrawal Sood, Co-Director and Head of Climate at Doc Society
I’m excited to share another Climate Spotlight with Megha Agrawal Sood, the Co-Director of Doc Society.
Climate News in CO
Colorado’s Clean Energy Plan aims for an 80% reduction in carbon emissions and retirement of all coal power by 2030. Where will Colorado get power instead?
We are doing a mini-series with our friends at Interconnection.fyi, a free tool to see power plant projects under development in the U.S, to bring you answers for Colorado.
Check out the 129 potential utility scale projects (usually 10s or 100s of MW per project), adding up to 21 GW today, under consideration in Colorado here. Spoiler: it’s mostly solar, wind, and batteries.
You can also see the thousands of distributed generation (< 1 MW per project) solar projects under development in Colorado here.
Job Openings in CO
🤝 Looking to connect with professionals working in climate?
#OpenDoorClimate runs a directory of climate professionals willing to chat with green jobseekers and maintains a great list of resources for job seekers.
🔍 Looking for a climate tech job?
Our friends at ClimateTechList have created a live Colorado-specific job openings tracker. ⛰️ Check out the Colorado list! 🏔️
There were 115+ Colorado postings in Dec 2024. ≈ same from prev monthPlanning an Event?
To avoid conflicts in the future and help your event stand out, we’ve got a special planner’s guide and dashboard with the data behind this newsletter. Contact me via email to request access using subject ‘New Planner Application’.
Event Details
Boulder Climate Happy Hour
🕔 WHEN: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
📍WHERE: Rayback Collective, Boulder, CO
Boulder is full of interesting people working on solutions to the climate crisis. Our goal is to bring people with diverse backgrounds together to share ideas, connect, and learn from one another.
Colorado Building Symposium
🕔 WHEN: Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
📍WHERE: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Conference Hall, Westminster, CO
Building off of the wildly successful Building Science Symposium, produced by BS and Beer KC, that occurred in Denver in 2023, BS and Beer Denver Metro is striving to create an annual residential building science driven symposium for Colorado Builders. Our first annual Symposium features builder and building science experts, all based in Colorado, to speak to Colorado specific issues. A single track symposium offers the additional opportunity for robust conversation and debate at breaks and receptions, as everyone has heard the same presentations.
2025 Solar Power and Energy Storage Mountain West
🕔 WHEN: Monday, January 20, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
📍WHERE: Hilton Denver City Center, Denver, CO
Solar Power and Energy Storage Mountain West is presented by the Colorado Solar and Storage Association (COSSA), the state’s leading trade association for 35 years. COSSA’s perceptive industry knowledge has informed the carefully picked subject matter and conference design. The three days are designed to advance your understanding of new policies and opportunities to equip your business with the necessary skills to compete in the ever-developing clean energy industry.
Climate Action Hour
🕔 WHEN: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
📍WHERE: Boulder Main Library, Boulder, CO
In collaboration with Climate Changemakers, Boulder Progressives hosts a monthly Hour of Climate Action. This event is your opportunity to step into the world of civic engagement and advocate for bold, science-based, equitable climate solutions. With help from Climate Changemakers, we make it easy to take action. All you have to do is bring a laptop and show up, and we’ll help you with the rest.
Agrivoltaic Seminar Series - Conservation & Biodiversity
🕔 WHEN: Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
📍WHERE: Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO
Colorado has beautiful mountain vistas, open prairies, and diverse climatic zones leading to wide varieties of vegetation and animal species. Land trusts and conservation organizations work to preserve Colorado’s biodiversity and agricultural heritage for the long-term benefits to our environment and for Coloradans. Join us to hear from conservation professionals sharing the challenges and opportunities they see for effectively preserving Colorado’s precious natural resources.
All-Electric Cooking Tech Demos
🕔 WHEN: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
📍WHERE: Ignite Foodservice Solutions, Denver, CO
Hey, chefs, food service operators, hospitality workers, and culinary students! Join us for a demonstration of all-electric cooking technology. These demos will showcase: -Cutting-edge cooking technology -Cost-saving advantages of programmable electric cooking equipment -How electric appliances like induction stoves can elevate your culinary operations Each session will end with tasty food samples for you to enjoy! All sessions are free to attend.
Western Power Players
🕔 WHEN: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
📍WHERE: Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa, Tabernash, CO
We are thrilled to announce Western Power Players: Part 7, taking place from January 28-31, 2025. Hosted by the Institute for Western Energy, formerly the Colorado Energy and Water Institute. This event will bring together an exclusive group of power sector experts to engage in a forward-looking discussion on managing the anticipated growth in power demand and exploring innovative solutions for the Western Grid. Attendees will include leading federal and state policymakers, eNGOs, senior executives from developers and utilities, large power customers, organized labor, industry analysts, and many more, all of whom bring unparalleled expertise in the power sector.
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Cheers,
William Greenbohl