Can a city built from scratch be profitable to developers and enjoyable to residents as it tries to be carbon-free? That is the question facing owners and planners of a mostly vacant, sunburned 400-acre plot of land near this city’s sprawling International Airport as they plan an energy system with vast differences from the typical suburban subdivision. The city, called Peña Station Next, is located at the last stop of Denver’s newly completed rail line
A carbon-free city is being built from scratch
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