All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming wind energy"

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Bird Deaths Haunt Wind Energy —
Interior Puts Forth a Plan

Environmentalists are facing a conundrum: To fight green energy projects that they see as detrimental to their cause or to work with the developers and the authorities to minimize damages. The U.S. Dept. of Interior has made some suggestions that it thinks will help alleviate bird deaths associated with wind energy.

23Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Power Line in Wyoming, Idaho
Draws Opposition

Some Idaho and Wyoming residents and environmental groups are expressing opposition to a proposed 1,100-mile long high-voltage power line designed to transmit 3,000 megawatts of mostly wind-generated electricity to fast-growing areas in the western U.S.

16Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Production Tax Credit Stalls in Senate

The amendment that failed Tuesday also included tax credits for energy-efficient homes, biofuels and other initiatives; but, because there wasn’t a way to pay for them included in the proposal, it struggled to win broader support — and the 60 votes needed to pass it.

14Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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New Joint Venture Buying Wyoming Wind Farms

TIAA-CREF and Alaska-based Cook Inlet Region, Inc., have joined Edison Mission Energy to form Capistrano Wind Partners, LLC in order to take over Mountain I and Mountain II wind developments near Evanston.

8Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Turbine Construction Lags Behind Permitting

Specifically, he said legal and environmental issues such as sage grouse habitat, financial concerns, tax uncertainty, legal and transmission constraints have slowed construction of wind turbines.

22Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Western Senators Make Bipartisan Push to Extend Wind Energy Tax Credit

The Colorado and Kansas lawmakers have filed an amendment that would extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) for one year to a bill currently under debate in the U.S. Senate. The extension of the wind PTC is fully paid for. Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) is a cosponsor of the amendment.

21Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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NLRA Plans Wyo Supreme Court Appeal of District Court Rulings on Wind Permits

The Northern Laramie Range Alliance (NLRA) says it will take its case against Wasatch Wind challenging the company’s Industrial Siting Council and Converse County wind permits to the Wyoming Supreme Court.

7Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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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Duke-American Acquires Zephyr Project for Wyoming Wind Power

The newly formed joint venture says it is commited to using at least 2,100 MW of the transmission line’s capacity to provide wind power to California and the southwestern United States from the wind-rich areas of eastern Wyoming

4Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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300-MW Wind Farm Proposed for Belvoir Ranch Near Cheyenne

Morley Company CEO Bruce Morley said that Cheyenne won’t be required to invest any money into the project, and that the wind farm will benefit the city greatly. According to the CEO, the city of Cheyenne could make $72 million to $130 million by leasing land for the wind farm to Morley.

18Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Wind Tower Plant Delayed Until
Next Year

The uncertainity over federal subsidies to the wind energy industry is why plans to build a $40 million plant near Cheyenne that would produce towers for wind turbines have been delayed, according to industry observers.

6Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Three Wyoming Wind Projects Getting BLM
Fast Tracking

They include the 1,000-turbine Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy project south of Rawlin; the 25-turbine Sand Hills Farm Project northwest of Laramie and the White Mountain project near Rock Springs.

2Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Coalition Wants Extension of Wind
Production Tax

A broad, nonpartisan coalition of 369 members, including manufacturing, farm and business interests, has issued a letter endorsing a four year extension to wind energy’s key federal tax incentive, the Production Tax Credit.

27Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Feds Study Views, Best Locations For Wyoming Wind Farms and Power Lines

The view impact study is one of several studies under way by the BLM. Others will examine the best place, from a land-use perspective, to locate wind farms.

20Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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