All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming Infrastructure Authority"

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Officials Concerned About Expiring Wind Tax Credit

An aide to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, warned Wyoming government and industry officials this week about the impact of expiring incentives for renewable energy projects.

2Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyo Infrastructure Authority Winter Meeting Set

Topics to be covered include Energy Gateway Project, TransWest Express Project, Zephyr Project and the Wyoming Colorado Intertie Project. The date is January 31 at the Snow King Resort in Jackson.

26Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The State of Wyoming Wind Power

While it has surged the last three years, a lull in development now seems likely, with the main culprit being a lack of transmission capacity, according to Loyd Drain, executive director of the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority. Proposed large wind projects won’t be built unless more transmission lines are constructed.

15Jul2011 | 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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Renewable Energy Projects Face Challenges

Changing federal regulations and a lack of cooperation among regulatory agencies are two of the biggest obstacles, according to experts who spoke at a panel gathered by the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority this week.

13May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Energy in Wyoming: Relatively Cheap in a
Competitive Western Market

Wind developers can produce some of the cheapest wind energy in the West in Wyoming, according to a new study, but the cost advantage decreases when you take into accounts for delivering the power to West Coast markets.

6Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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California Policy Casts Shadow on Wyoming Wind

The California Public Utilities Commission recently adopted a measure that may have a negative effect on Wyoming’s wind energy market. On the face of it, it may sound like a good thing for Wyoming wind developers. But officials here say the order views Wyoming wind as a renewable credit rather than deliverable renewable power.

27May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Perspective –
Wind Energy Facts: Honesty is Best Policy

Let’s start with the money to come to the state thanks to wind. The Wyoming Infrastructure Authority estimates that for every 3,000 MW of installed capacity, we could create $2 billion in direct and employment benefits and tax revenues during construction, $316 million in benefits per year of operation,
and 176 long-term, well-paying jobs.

10May2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Developers Forging Ahead with Wyo-Colo Transmission Line

Despite slow going, a power transmission project line linking the wind fields of southeast Wyoming and Colorado’s Front Range is still being pushed by developers — New Jersey-based LS Power and the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority.

15Mar2010 | 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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Connecting the Dots for the Wheatland Wind Corridor

It’s obvious that a major shift is underway for electrical generation in North America. Wyoming, specifically, deserves closer inspection. Let’s examine why the Wheatland area, in particular, is positioned to benefit from wind energy development.

17Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued