All Posts Tagged With: "transmission lines"

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Lawmakers Vote Against Bill to Restructure
State Wind Tax Policies

Transmission lines are more critical to future wind energy development in Wyoming than state tax policies. That’s the upshot of a legislative committee’s vote against a bill that would have restructured the state’s policy on taxing wind energy projects to benefit producers.

28Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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With Beefed Up Transmission Lines, Wyoming Could Lead Nation in Wind Power

Wyoming wind power, if reasonably developed, would more than double the amount of electricity produced by all other sources in the state, a representative of the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority said. The state could produce about 15,000 megawatts a year.

31Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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What Wyoming Wants From Wind Energy –
A Perspective from the Governor

There will be a time when future generations look back at the challenges we are addressing today regarding the development of our wind resources. They will compare our actions to those of our predecessors who dealt with the coal boom of the 1970s, and numerous other development peaks in our state’s history.

25Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Fredenthal Wants Wind Industry to Offer More

The many companies intent on harvesting Wyoming wind to generate electricity will be expected to offer the state more than just wind turbines and their associated impacts, Gov. Dave Freudenthal said today in his keynote address to the Wyoming Wind Symposium.

14Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Anschutz Moving Forward With Wind Project Despite Economy

“Nothing has really changed,” said an Anschutz spokesperson. “We’re still pursuing the power line and the wind farm in Woming. The area is one of the best wind corridors in the United States.”

8Dec2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued