All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming coal industry"

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BLM to Auction Off 400 Tons of Coal

The 3,200 acre tract is next to the North Antelope Rochelle Mine operated by Powder River Coal, a subsidiary of Peabody Energy. Last year, Wyoming coal revenues totaled $580 million.

28Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Coal To Natural Gas - It’s Happening Now
in the Power Industry

The most optimistic projections describe an abundant domestic energy source that will create enormous numbers of jobs and lead to cleaner skies. Nationwide, the electricity generated by gas-fired plants has risen by more than 50 percent over the last decade, while coal-fired generation has declined slightly.

16Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming’s Share of Federal Coal Lease Sales
Surpass $2 Billion

Thanks to Arch Coal’s successful $300 million bid in the Powder River Basin earlier this month,the state’s share of lease revenue jumped to $2.08 billion. What’s more, the lease of the federally-owned coal by an Arch subsidiary came out to $1.35 per mineable ton, a new state record.

29Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Coal Extraction Poses Climate Challenge for Obama Administration

Since taking office nearly three years ago, it has restricted coal-mining waste from being dumped into streams and imposed new pollution controls on coal-fired power plants. But on the fundamental question of whether the government should halt federal leasing, Obama’s answer has been: not yet.

26Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Moving From Coal to Gas-Fired Generation Not a Sure Bet

“As we convert more coal to natural gas across the Western Interconnection, it is going to have… big impacts on the natural gas sector in terms of supply, storage, and frankly,
gas pipeline infrastructure.”

23Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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
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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
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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
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Utility, Leery of Epa, Eyes Wyoming’s First Natural Gas Power Plant in Coal-Crazed State

Black Hills is making the $237 million move in anticipation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules regulating mercury and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants. About 90 percent of the electricity generated in Wyoming comes from coal, which is abundant and cheap in the Powder River Basin.

21Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Gasification Center May Never See Light of Day

GE Energy, which is partnering with the state and the University of Wyoming on the project, put it on hold in July. It cited uncertainties in federal energy policies that could make the project economically unfeasible. Months after the announcement, officials say the odds of resuming the venture as planned are slim.

9Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Legislature Approves $10 Million for
Coal/Gas-to-Liquids Study

The purpose is to determine the feasibility of constructing and operating a commercial scale facility which converts coal or natural gas to liquid fuels. It is part of a broader state effort to promote new uses for Wyoming’s coal and natural gas reserves.

2Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Coal Tax Change Could Cost Wyoming Millions

State legislators will take a look at breaking that connection, a move lauded by the mining companies but one that will likely cost the state millions of dollars in lost revenue over the coming years.

24Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Data Shows Coal Production in Strong Position

The Powder River Basin leads the surge in coal production, with train deliveries up from that region by 2.7 percent from this time last year. But the report was not all positive. Sales and use tax collections are off to a slow start in the new fiscal year.

22Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Interior to Allow Expanded Coal Production in
Powder River Basin

“There’s no place in the country that captures this all-of-the-above approach quite like Wyoming,” Salazar told reporters on a conference call, noting oil-and-gas development in the state as well as its major coal production.

23Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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