Horizon Wind Project Now on Hold Indefinitely

August 6th, 2009 • Filed Under
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Source: Dustin Bleizefer, Casper Star Tribune

CASPER - Horizon Wind Energy’s Simpson Ridge wind proposal in Carbon County - once slated at a capacity of 500 megawatts - has been put on hold indefinitely.

Project manager Nate Sandvig said last week that his company has decided not to submit a permit application to the Wyoming Industrial Siting Council based on the state’s recent decision not to allow wind energy development in key sage grouse habitats. “There are too many unknowns,” Sandvig said.

Earlier in July, Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s chief of staff, Ryan Lance, said the decision not to allow wind energy in sage grouse core areas came after consulting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is expected to decide before year’s end whether to list the bird as a threatened and endangered species.

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