All Posts Tagged With: "Carbon County"

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Carbon County OKs $545M in bonds for Wyoming
Coal-to-Gas Plant

The commissioners voted to support the issue of $245 million in tax-exempt bonds, as well as $300 million in state industrial development bonds, to fund the plant. The project calls for a site near Medicine Bow by a subsidiary of
Houston-based DKRW Advanced Fuels.

20Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Mid-Week News Tracker

DKRW Advanced Fuels has asked Wyoming to purchase up to $300 million in industrial development bonds to help finance the $2 billion project … in the meantime, a joint venture has led to the purchase of the $3.5 billion Zephyr power line project, which is expected to move energy 950 miles from southeast Wyoming to Nevada for customers in the Southwest.

21Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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SourceGas Seeks Change to Wyoming Law

The proposed sale of Wyoming’s only natural gas storage reservoir could lead to more than 100 new construction jobs and a decade long rate decrease for 53,000 natural gas customers. But Colorado-based SourceGas wants lawmakers to abolish a provision in the law first.

5Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Against the Wind?: Tax Policy May Be Hurting Industry

The completion of Top of the World and Dunlap I could mark a turning point for Wyoming’s fledgling wind energy industry. Both Duke Energy and Rocky Mountain Power say they have no further plans to plant wind turbines in Wyoming.

21Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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
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BLM lease Sale Generates $3.6 Million for 75 Parcels Throughout the State

The sale attracted attracted bids on more than 77,700 acres in 75 parcels located throughout the state. A total of 76 parcels with more than 79,000 acres were offered for sale.

5Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Value Of Views: BLM Conducts ‘Visual Inventory’ to Help Guide Wind Development

To prepare for a planning review of the resource management plans that guide wind energy and other development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management’s Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices are hosting a series of open houses to collect information for a “visual inventory” of southern Wyoming.

5Jul2010 | admin | 3 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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Horizon Wind Project Now 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.

6Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Carbon County Wind Farm Could Generate 1,000+ Jobs

The construction and operation of two major wind farms in the south-central region of the state will create more than 1,000 jobs, according to the project’s owner - Power Company of Wyoming.

11Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued