All Posts Tagged With: "Happy Jack Windpower Project"

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Power to The People; New Interactive Site Features Cowboy State’s Electrical Generation

Among the offerings is a map of electrical generation facilities and an extensive database of each facility ranging from the Happy Jack windfarm in Laramie County to the 2-megawatt capacity Old Faithful fuel-oil facility in — you guessed it — Yellowstone National Park.

19Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Duke Energy Resolves Wyoming Property Tax Appeal

The most significant change involves the state’s assessed value of the Top of the World Project near Casper. In its appeal, Duke Energy contended that wind turbines ordered for the 200-megawatt (MW) project but not yet delivered as of Dec. 31, 2009, should not have been included in the company’s property tax assessment.

26Jan2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Duke Wind Energy Disputes State Tax Bill

When the tax bill came due this year, the North Carolina-based energy went back on its promise, and filed appeals of the state’s property tax assessments on all four of its wind energy projects in Wyoming: Silver Sage and Happy Jack in Laramie County and Campbell Hill and Top of the World in Converse County.

9Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Duke Energy Expands Its Wind Power Domination

The North Carolina-based power giant continues to build the biggest share of wind energy generation in Wyoming with its announcement of the Top of the World project in Converse County. By the end of 2010, it will be owner/operator of approximately 370 MW of wind power in the state.

31Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Waiting for the Wind Boom

Many potential bottlenecks to commercial wind generation in Wyoming need to be resolved. Infrastructure is at the top of the list. “You can’t go forward without transmission lines,” said Rob Hurless, the governor’s adviser on technology.

27Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Suzlon Wind Energy to Supply Turbines for
Duke Energy’s Latest Wyoming Project

The contract will provide 20 units of the S88-2.1MW wind turbines for the Silver Sage project, located next to the Happy Jack wind development, in Cheyenne.

7Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Duke Energy’s Wind Power Project Near Casper
Moves Ahead

The ambitous project is expected to generate 99 megawatts of renewable energy when it comes on line at the end of this year. Construction is expected to begin shortly after permits are granted sometime next month.

11Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued