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300-MW Wind Farm Proposed for Belvoir Ranch Near Cheyenne
Morley Company CEO Bruce Morley said that Cheyenne won’t be required to invest any money into the project, and that the wind farm will benefit the city greatly. According to the CEO, the city of Cheyenne could make $72 million to $130 million by leasing land for the wind farm to Morley.
18Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Vestas Urges Extension of U.S. Production Tax Credit to Preserve Thousands Of American Jobs
“An extension of the PTC is necessary for the continued employment of the 80,000 people working in the U.S. wind industry,” said Wyrsch, who leads the North American arm of Vestas Wind Systems, which has several manufacturing plants in Colorado.
15Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Encana Slams EPA Over ‘Not Factual’
Pavillion Draft Report
In a detailed press release to media, the energy company noted that many of the EPA’s findings from its recent deep monitoring wells, including those related to any potential connection between fracking and Pavillion groundwater quality, “are conjecture, not factual, and only serve to trigger undue alarm.”
13Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Environmentalists Renew Attack on Wyoming Coal That Fuels Plant
Their effort is directed at the potential expansion of a mine served by both the Union Pacific and BNSF Railway, and from which comes fuel for the Laramie River Station, a generating plant that is owned in part by Lincoln Electric System.
12Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
EPA Draft Links Fracking, Groundwater Contamination in Pavillion
The finding set off calls for tighter rules on the fracking process. But Governor Mead called for more research, warning the EPA study could have “a critical impact on the energy industry and the country. He called the draft study
as “scientifically questionable,” and said more testing
is needed.
Natural Gas Projected to Power Job Growth, U.S. Economy
A nationwide boom in production is set to fuel nearly 900,000 jobs and add roughly $1,000 to annual household budgets by 2015, according to a new industry study from IHS Global Insight. But concerns about environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing could temper the growth.
7Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Wyoming Wind Tower Plant Delayed Until
Next Year
The uncertainity over federal subsidies to the wind energy industry is why plans to build a $40 million plant near Cheyenne that would produce towers for wind turbines have been delayed, according to industry observers.
6Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Mead Wants Broader Inquiry Into Pavillion Water
State, tribal and federal officials, as well as residents and the natural gas company in the Pavillion area, are already investigating why some water wells there are contaminated.
A separate federal investigation recently discovered high levels of methane, benzene and other chemicals in monitoring wells.
Three Wyoming Wind Projects Getting BLM
Fast Tracking
They include the 1,000-turbine Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy project south of Rawlin; the 25-turbine Sand Hills Farm Project northwest of Laramie and the White Mountain project near Rock Springs.
2Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Wyoming Gained Manufacturing Jobs Over
Past Year
MNI reports oil and gas extraction remains Wyoming’s largest industrial sector by employment with 9,535 jobs, up 2.2% over the year. Coal mining ranks second and accounts for 6,403 jobs, up 8.4%.
30Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Can Wyoming Put Its Mouth Where Its
Money Is?
Coal — one of Wyoming’s powerhouse economic drivers — is likely to continue to lose its share of the U.S. utility market to natural gas due in large part to huge operational successes in tapping shale gas reserves, a phenomenon that has changed geopolitics and the world energy picture.
30Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Company Nixes Deal for Controversial
Natural Gas Assets
Legacy Reserves LP of Midland, Texas, said it will not buy the assets in the Pavillion area owned by Calgary, Alberta-based Encana Corp. The company had announced earlier this month its plans to buy the assets for $45 million in cash.
29Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Coalition Wants Extension of Wind
Production Tax
A broad, nonpartisan coalition of 369 members, including manufacturing, farm and business interests, has issued a letter endorsing a four year extension to wind energy’s key federal tax incentive, the Production Tax Credit.
27Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
EPA Delays Refinery Greenhouse Gas Rule
In a statement Monday, the agency said it “needs more time to complete work on greenhouse gas pollution standards for oil refineries, and is working with the litigants to develop a new schedule to replace the current date of mid-December for a
rule proposal.”
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