Pushback by counties on solar projects is challenging climate goals, Colorado officials say

October 20, 2025

Colorado must triple its wind generation and quintuple its solar capacity to meet 2040 clean energy targets and that will call for a lot of land — land developers say it is hard to come by in some counties.

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