Crested Butte Based News Today

“Melting snow outdoors is obviously very energy intensive. You’re trying to make a surface be warm enough to turn ice to water when the temperature outside is that of ice,” said August Hasz, president and principal engineer at REG, a Crested Butte-based engineering firm, who has been consulting with Pitkin County. “It’s a phase change, it takes a lot of energy.”

Bay-area based company Primergy Solar has submitted its application to the La Plata County Planning Department for a massive solar project south of Hesperus. Neighbors to the proposed site in southwe...