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West-Wide Energy Corridors Plan Includes
Smart Lines for Renewables - in Some Areas

“These corridors could help link enough green electricity to power over 3 million homes — without significant lands impacts. Other corridors may help accelerate linking Arizona, Wyoming and New Mexico wind and solar resources to major western population centers.”

26Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Advance Read: The Top Ten Global Energy Trends in 2009

Among the predictions: oil price volatility will continue in the short term but is likely to stabilize within a lower narrow band by the end of 2009; and clean energy projects will play a crucial role in the long term energy needs of the world, although there will be reduced investment next year.

25Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Report Details Best Areas in State for Wind Projects

The report from the Laramie-based Biodiversity Conservation Alliance says southwest Wyoming has the least amount of potential environmental and wildlife conflicts for such projects.

24Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Farming Windpower Where the Antelope Play

PacifiCorp is in the process of constructing several new wind energy sites in Wyoming, including the Glenrock, Rolling Hills and Glenrock III projects in Carbon County and the Seven Mile Hill projects in Converse County.

24Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Governor’s Office Blasts Air Quality Agreement

Lance said the agreement would eliminate the need for quantitative air-quality modeling, not just for the 44,700 acres of contested leases in the Wyoming Range, but for energy-development projects across the country.

22Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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UPDATED! Oil Prices Fall to Lowest Level in
More Than 3 Years

Oil dropped to $49.62 a barrel yesterday as demand for the commodity continued to fall. It was oil’s lowest price since May 2005. Downward pressure comes from turmoil in financial markets, the slump of the American and Chinese economies and cutbacks by developing countries in energy subsidies.

21Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Flooded with Protests on Lease Sales
Planned Near Flaming Gorge

The Federal agency has received 127 protests on its plans to sell oil and gas leases in the popular Little Mountain hunting and recreation area near Flaming Gorge Reservoir, south of Rock Springs. 18,049 acres have been identified for a lease sale scheduled on Dec. 2.

21Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Special Report: Inside the $100-million
GE-Wyoming Coal Project

How much the state will gain from the exclusive arrangement with GE is not clear yet, but if the project develops a more efficient and economical process for gasification of Powder River Basin coal, it could be a significant boost for Wyoming’s considerable coal interests.

20Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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News and Views From Around the State

>> Duke Energy’s Big Wind Plans for Wyoming
>> Natrona County Looks at Small Wind Turbine Permitting
>> Opinion: The Wyoming Effect
>> Energy Economy Helps UW Hold Tuition Line
>> Wyoming Rig Count Down

19Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Poll Says Wyomingites Favor Multi-Energy Solutions

Wyoming residents favor a variety of solutions to meet the United States’ energy needs, including near-unanimous support for the development and use of renewable energy, and more oil production from existing wells.

18Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Finalizes Rules on Oil Shale Development

The agency acknowledges that commercial development of oil shale will not begin until it is technologically viable, which is not expected for several years. The new regulations will provide a basis for decisions, as “rules of the road” for the large investment that will be necessary.

18Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Why Not Geothermal Energy as Base Load Power?

The Earth Policy Institute thinks geothermal energy can become an economic substitute to provide base load energy. They say the “heat energy in the uppermost six miles of the planet’s crust is 50.000 times greater than the energy content of all oil and natural gas resources.”

17Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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UW and GE Energy to Partner in Cleaner Coal Research

The High Plains Gasification Advanced Technology Center is designed to accelerate the commercial use of cleaner coal technology. Wyoming produces approximately 40 percent of all of the coal used in the United States to generate electricity.

17Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Database of State/Local Incentives for
Renewables and Efficiency

Find out what incentives for renewable energy and efficiency are available for you and your business here in Wyoming and elsewhere. This handy resource details state, local, utility and federal incentives.

14Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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