All Posts Tagged With: "electrical transmission"

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Obama Pledges Rapid Permits for Seven Major Transmission Projects

The White House said the move will create “thousands” of construction and operations jobs, while transforming the nation’s electric system into a “modern, 21st century grid” that is safer and more secure, giving consumers more energy choices. Two of the projects involve Wyoming.

6Oct2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Deal to Transport Wyoming Renewable Energy to Southwest a Step Closer

The TWE Project development phase will determine the feasibility of constructing and operating a 725-mile, 600-kilovolt line that would would interconnect with the existing transmission grid near Rawlins and the Marketplace Hub in the vicinity of Las Vegas, Nevada.

14Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Special Report: Jobs and Economic Development
From New Transmission and Generation in Wyoming

Wyoming is a significant energy exporter, producing nearly 40% of the nation’s coal and 10% of our natural gas. But opportunities to add new energy exports in the form of power generation are limited by insufficient transmission capacity.

19May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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.

14May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPRI Does the Math on Total Smart Grid Cost
(and it’s a lot)

The price tag for a fully functional smart grid in the U.S. could run from $338 billion to $476 billion, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) says in a new report. Wow! But the bonus is that the ROI in terms of benefits could be between $1.3 trillion and $2 trillion.

19Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE Announces New Private Sector Partnership
to Accelerate Renewable Energy Projects

TheFinancial Institutional Partnership Program will accelerate deployment of billions in lending by steamlining a set of standards designed to expedite DOE’s loan guarantee underwriting process and leverage private sector expertise and capital.

8Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Landowners Say “Slow Down” on Wind Energy

Dozens of rural landowners want to “curb enthusiasm for” and ultimately kill plans to plant wind turbines and string a green-field power line segment across the northern Laramie Range in Converse and Albany counties

12May2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued