Archive for August, 2009

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Duke Energy Expands Its Wind Power Domination

The North Carolina-based power giant continues to build the biggest share of wind energy generation in Wyoming with its announcement of the Top of the World project in Converse County. By the end of 2010, it will be owner/operator of approximately 370 MW of wind power in the state.

31Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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With Beefed Up Transmission Lines, Wyoming Could Lead Nation in Wind Power

Wyoming wind power, if reasonably developed, would more than double the amount of electricity produced by all other sources in the state, a representative of the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority said. The state could produce about 15,000 megawatts a year.

31Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Energy Symposium Draws 15 States

The Wyoming legislators sponsoring the 3-day meeting in October will lead to a greater understanding by every state in the region about how they can form their energy and environmental policies to be as collaborative and less competitive as possible.

30Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Pros and Cons of Mining in the
Powder River Basin

Mining coal in the region does cause problems for the local and global environments, but also provides benefits to local and national economies. Steve McManamen of the Gillette News Record has written a timely and interesting piece that points out the dichotomy it presents and some, but not all, of the positive and negative aspects

30Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Feds Want More Time to Respond to
Oil Shale Lawsuits

The Federal government is seeking another extension of a deadline to respond to lawsuits filed that contest the opening of nearly 2 million acres of public land in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah for oil shale development.

28Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Dunlap Ranch Wind Project Gets Conditional Approval

The Planning Commission has granted a conditional-use permit to PacifiCorp for its proposed wind farm project near Medicine Bow.

27Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyoming Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking

Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing.

25Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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What Wyoming Wants From Wind Energy –
A Perspective from the Governor

There will be a time when future generations look back at the challenges we are addressing today regarding the development of our wind resources. They will compare our actions to those of our predecessors who dealt with the coal boom of the 1970s, and numerous other development peaks in our state’s history.

25Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Gets $9,976,400 in Fed Energy Funding

Under the State Energy Program, Wyoming expects to help 1,000 additional homeowners increase the energy efficiency of their homes. The state will also provide rebates of up to $5,000 to homeowners for installing residential renewable energy systems, including solar photovoltaic, wind and geothermal systems.

20Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Senators Say They’ll Fight Cap-and-Trade Legislation

Congressional leaders from carbon-intensive states such as Wyoming remain adamantly opposed to the Waxman-Markey bill, insisting that the real costs of curbing greenhouse gas emissions would further bankrupt the nation.

20Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Opinion: A Fair Cut of Wind Energy Pie

Wyoming Wind Corridors will produce the energy, and like all that is produced here, that energy will be sent out on the National Electrical Grid system. Each company online will receive a cut of the Wyoming wind energy pie. Therefore once again our residents will hold out the coffers’ bags, getting the least for the best Wyoming has to offer.

19Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Special Report –The Interior’s Oil and Gas Royalty Scandal and Its Wyoming Roots

The Lakewood (CO) branch of Minerals Management operated differently from its parent in Washington, D.C. Following the Bush administration’s oft-expressed desire to run government like a business, it functioned like a quasi-business, collecting royalty payments not in cash, but in “kind,” that is, in actual oil and gas.

19Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CO2 Injection Boosting Oil Production in Rockies

Two potential new sources for CO2 in Wyoming are a proposed underground coal gasification (UCG) project in the Powder River basin and a coal gasification and liquefaction project near Medicine Bow.

14Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Fredenthal Wants Wind Industry to Offer More

The many companies intent on harvesting Wyoming wind to generate electricity will be expected to offer the state more than just wind turbines and their associated impacts, Gov. Dave Freudenthal said today in his keynote address to the Wyoming Wind Symposium.

14Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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