All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming Wind Corridors"

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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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Altittude Factors in to Wind Energy Production

Homeowners installing small wind turbines in Wyoming may not be saving as much energy as they might think, according to the latest University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service bulletin, B-1207, The Effect of Altitude on Small Wind Turbine Power Production.

30Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Industry’s Challenge of Co-Existing
with Wildlife in Wyoming and Elsewhere

The problem with the Wyoming approach is that it is not based on extensive information about how wind projects impact sage grouse. “We don’t have the information about how wind affects sage grouse,” says Laurie Jodziewicz, AWEA’s manager of siting policy. “And we have little opportunity to do research because you can’t build in the core areas.”

16Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Agency Sets Wildlife Protection Guidelines
for Wind Energy Developers

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released recommendations for protecting wildlife during wind energy development, including restrictions in sage grouse habitat and in big game winter range and migration corridors.

6Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Opinion: A Fair Cut of Wind Energy Pie

Wyoming Wind Corridors will produce the energy, and like all that is produced here, that energy will be sent out on the National Electrical Grid system. Each company online will receive a cut of the Wyoming wind energy pie. Therefore once again our residents will hold out the coffers’ bags, getting the least for the best Wyoming has to offer.

19Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued