Projects
Delivering Wyoming Wind Energy to the West — The TransWest Express Transmission Project
Wyoming Energy News is expanding our coverage of the critical transmission sector with an in depth look at specific projects, beginning with the TransWest Express (TWE), a proposed 725-mile high-voltage, direct current transmission line that will deliver power to California, Arizona and Nevada.
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Company Looking to Build Power Storage Reservoirs
An Idaho company is looking to build several water reservoirs around the state as a way to store excess power generated by Wyoming’s mushrooming wind energy industry.
11May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Cheyenne Area Chosen for Wind Tower Manufacturing Facility
State and industry officials are hoping the first-ever wind energy manufacturing facility near Cheyenne will be the foundation for building a manufacturing sector around the state’s mushrooming wind energy industry.
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Blue Sky Funds Awarded Wyoming Projects
Funds awarded by Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program in 2010 will support the construction of two community-based renewable energy projects in Wyoming: a wind project in Casper and a solar project in Lander.
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Duke Energy Gets $231 Financing for Top-of-the-World Development
The power company said it has arranged an 18-year non-recourse term loan and nearly $38 million in letters of credit for the massive project near Casper, which launched commercial operation in October, and features 66 GE 1.5MW wind turbines and 44 Siemens 2.3MW turbines.
7Dec2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
PacifiCorp Starts Up 111MW Wind Farm
in Carbon County
“These are cost-effective resources that are needed to help meet our customers’ growing electricity needs in Wyoming and the other five states we serve, NOT for exporting electricity to power-hungry market in the Southwest,” said Mark Tallman, PacifiCorp vice president of renewable resource.
16Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Top of the World Wind Energy Project Now “Live”
The 200-megawatt (MW) wind farm, located in Converse County, supplies wind energy to PacifiCorp under the terms of a 20-year power purchase agreement. The 110 wind turbines that comprise the Top of the World project are capable of producing enough electricity to power approximately 60,000 homes.
12Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Grid Study Underway for 250MW Wind Project
in Weston County
The company confirmed this week it has moved forward with the system impact study for interconnection of 250 Megawatts of wind generation, to the Black Hills Power transmission system, for the Company’s Weston Wind I wind power project, located in Weston County.
10Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Tech Watch — Battery Storage of Renewables Looks Promising
“We have proved that this technology can perform the functions of storage that we were looking for to help us manage the variability of wind energy on our operating system,” said Xcel’s Frank Novachek in reference to the
one-megawatt battery system to store wind energy and transmit it to the grid when needed.
Development of Clean Coal Technologies Goal of UW’s
Call for Proposals
The 2010 Wyoming Clean Coal Technologies was created by the Wyoming State Legislature to stimulate research and development in the area of low-emissions coal technology. Commercially successful deployment is the ultimate goal of this program.
6Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Wind Power Project Offers Sage Grouse Conservation Plan
The Power Company of Wyoming wants to build a 1,000-turbine wind farm on part of a 486-square-mile cattle ranch near Rawlins. To get project approval, the company must address concerns related to the sage grouse. More than half of the project site overlaps with “core” habitat area designated by the state for special protection.
20Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
250-Megawatt Interconnection in Wyoming Sought by Wind Energy America
The company is seeking the interconnection from Black Hills Power, Inc., for the project in Weston County, which should be capable of generating 600 million kilowatt units of power each year, or emough equivalent electricty of roughly 60,000 homes.
5Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Start Button Pushed on Natrona County Wind Farm
The 880-acre site formerly belonged to the Texaco Casper refinery. Signal Wind Energy, LLC is general contractor on the project, which incorporates 11 1.5 megawatt GE wind turbines said to produce enough power to supply 4,400 average size homes.
15Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Duke Energy Gets $22 Million Grant for
Energy Storage Project
The batteries at the company’s Energy’s Notrees Windpower Project in Ector and Winkler counties, Texas, will store excess wind energy and discharge it whenever demand for electricity is highest. If all goes well, the application could be expanded to other states with significant wind resources like Wyoming.
1Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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