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Suspension of Massive Offshore Wind Project a Market Indicator

“An analysis of current conditions indicates that a viable commercial market in the United States is still farther out, as much as three or four years away, at the earliest,” the companies said, making further investment impractical.

9May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Legal Challenges Force Delay in Wind
Farm Project

Wasatch Wind said the delay comes because numerous legal challenges to the project by the Northern Laramie Range Alliance have made it impossible to start generating power on that site by October, forcing the company to break a power purchase agreement with Rocky Mountain Power.

30Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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New Joint Venture Buying Wyoming Wind Farms

TIAA-CREF and Alaska-based Cook Inlet Region, Inc., have joined Edison Mission Energy to form Capistrano Wind Partners, LLC in order to take over Mountain I and Mountain II wind developments near Evanston.

8Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Turbine Construction Lags Behind Permitting

Specifically, he said legal and environmental issues such as sage grouse habitat, financial concerns, tax uncertainty, legal and transmission constraints have slowed construction of wind turbines.

22Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Army’s Largest Renewables Project Part of $61 in Million Energy Contracts

At Fort Carson, the Army partnered with a local energy provider to build a photovoltaic solar array on top of a closed landfill. The White Sands Missile Range project in New Mexico will provide the Army with 4.44-megawatts of installed photovoltaic capacity, saving 10 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

6Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Goshen County Oil Watch - UW Leases Area Oil Interests

University of Wyoming trustees awarded a conditional five-year oil and gas lease for mineral interests on James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SAREC) property in a special meeting.

1Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Refinery’s New Owner Plans Production Boost

Black Elk Refining LLC of Houston bought the refinery from its previous owner, which sits at the center of town and in the middle of a contentious debate about community health concerns.

9Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Industry Group Criticizes New EPA
Ozone Proposal

The American Petroleum Institute referenced a study it commissioned that says the EPA statements on health benefits from lowering the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards grossly misrepresent what EPA actually estimates as possible benefits from reducing public ozone exposure.

29Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Western Lawmakers Question Federal Leasing Reforms
for Oil and Gas

Wyoming’s Senators Michael Enzi and John Barrasso signed the letter, which seeks clarification of a process for leasing federal land, and say the master leasing plan process adds unnecessary layers to a process already to a process that is already very thorough and public.

14Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Royalty Rate for Energy Leasing on Public Lands May Go Up

“We don’t see any reason why the state shouldn’t be getting what private landowners can get. We’ve heard of private landowners getting more than 20 percent. So, why should we, the people of Wyoming, settle for less?,” asks Dan Neal, executive director of the Equality State Policy Center.

28Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Behind Veneer, Doubt on Future of Natural Gas

One senior Energy Information Administration official describes an “irrational exuberance” around shale gas. An internal EIA document says companies have exaggerated “the appearance of shale gas well profitability,” are highlighting the performance of only their best wells and may be using overly optimistic models. From the NY Times

27Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Opponents of Glenrock Wind Farms to Sue Wyoming Industrial Siting Council

Wasatch Wind of Park City, Utah, is the developer of the 62-turbine, 100-megawatt project planned for two sites along Mormon Canyon Road. The Northern Laramie Range Alliance, a vocal group of nearby landowners and others opposed to the project, announced its plans for the lawsuit Tuesday.

15Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Waste-Fueled Power Plants Planned for Wyoming

Guernsey-based American Renewable Energy Associates plans to break ground within a couple of months for plants
in Guernsey and Cheyenne that convert solid waste into electricity. An Idaho company is looking to build similar facilities in Riverton and Cokeville.

20May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Converse County Approves Wind Projects —
Final Arguments Next

Wasatch Wind Inc. of Park City, Utah is the developer behind the two 31-turbine wind farms adjacent to Mormon Canyon Road south of Glenrock. Dubbed Pioneer I and II, each will generate 100 megawatts of electricity, and cost between $180 million to $200 million, according to the company.

20May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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