All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming wind energy"

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Wind Energy Proponents Grouse Over Grouse Conservation

Studies have found that sage grouse abandon breeding areas near oil drilling areas and tall structures where predators are likely to perch. Regulators seeking to minimize disruption to the birds have required that drilling rigs be at least one kilometer from known breeding areas — and since wind turbines are even taller, larger buffer zones may be required.

19Jul2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Campbell County’s Evolving Wind Rules

Campbell County now has zoning regulations for wind farms, but the rules may not apply to the company planning to build the first wind farm in the county.

11Jul2010 | 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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Value Of Views: BLM Conducts ‘Visual Inventory’ to Help Guide Wind Development

To prepare for a planning review of the resource management plans that guide wind energy and other development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management’s Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices are hosting a series of open houses to collect information for a “visual inventory” of southern Wyoming.

5Jul2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Wind Industry “Road Show” in Casper Today

Wind energy developers are hosting “wind road shows” as they court public opinion. Today’s event in Caper will be at the McMurry Training Center from 4:30-7 p.m

23Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Industry Says Wyoming Wind Tax Tops in Rockies

The tax figure comparisons are startling. For example, a 66-turbine wind farm producing 99 megawatts and costing $247.5 million to build would pay about $37.6 million in taxes in Wyoming over 20 years. The same wind farm would pay $8.4 million in taxes in Colorado, the state with the lowest tax burden for wind, according to the study.

23Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind, Solar Demonstrations Offered to Rural Families

The wind and solar project that will help power the ARLC will be unveiled 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 15. The public is invited. The ARLC is at 2011 Fairgrounds Road in Casper.

13Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Wind Tracks –

>> Proposed Power Line Names Wind Farm Customers
>> Duke Energy Leverages Wind Farm Business
>> Campbell County Wants Stricter Wind Regulations
>> Energy Self-Reliant States Get Boost From New Study

7Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Straight Talk About Wind at Dallas Conference

O’Sullivan said that while the overall future for the wind industry is promising, the financial markets would be ruthless in determining which projects and developers are worthy of extending capital. “I think there’s going to be a few less people in this room (next year),” he told the audience at this week’s American Wind Energy Association conference.

27May2010 | 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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New Study Presents Positive Outlook for Integrating
Renewables Into the Grid

“This is further validation of what we’ve been saying - that obtaining 20% or more of America’s electricity from wind turbines is an achievable and desirable goal for our economy, environment, and energy security. Now the only question is whether Congress and the Administration will step up and enact the policies that will allow us to get there.”

24May2010 | 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 | 0 comments | Continued
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