All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming wind energy"

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Wind Power CO2-Cutting Benefit Challenged

A Colorado-based energy research firm is challenging the assumption that wind power runs clean and reduces CO2 emissions in a big way. It says an analysis of real-world data shows in most areas of the country, the CO2 savings from wind “are either so small as to be insignificant or too expensive to be practical.”

2Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Key Environmental Impact Statement Released on Proposed Wind Project

Roughly half of of the planned 4 to 6 billion dollar Chokecheery and Sieraa Madre project sits on public land and it would be home to 1,000 wind turbines.

24Jul2011 | 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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Transmission Cost Blueprint for Renewables
on FERC Agenda

The potential impact for getting distributed renewable energy generation from remote locations to load is huge, of course. Boiled down to its basics, the FERC is considering who pays, how much, under what circumstances and in what geographic footprint — a tall order to be sure.

30Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Opponents of Glenrock Wind Farms to Sue Wyoming Industrial Siting Council

Wasatch Wind of Park City, Utah, is the developer of the 62-turbine, 100-megawatt project planned for two sites along Mormon Canyon Road. The Northern Laramie Range Alliance, a vocal group of nearby landowners and others opposed to the project, announced its plans for the lawsuit Tuesday.

15Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Converse County Approves Wind Projects —
Final Arguments Next

Wasatch Wind Inc. of Park City, Utah is the developer behind the two 31-turbine wind farms adjacent to Mormon Canyon Road south of Glenrock. Dubbed Pioneer I and II, each will generate 100 megawatts of electricity, and cost between $180 million to $200 million, according to the company.

20May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Tax Issue to Be Re-Visited by Legislature

Earlier this year, lawmakers in Cheyenne narrowly defeated a bill to restructure its policy on taxing wind developments. But that was just the first skirmish, as legislators brought up the issue again last week during the Joint Revenue Interim Committee’s meeting in picturesque Saratoga.

16May2011 | 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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Company Looking to Build Power Storage Reservoirs

An Idaho company is looking to build several water reservoirs around the state as a way to store excess power generated by Wyoming’s mushrooming wind energy industry.

11May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Cheyenne Area Chosen for Wind Tower Manufacturing Facility

State and industry officials are hoping the first-ever wind energy manufacturing facility near Cheyenne will be the foundation for building a manufacturing sector around the state’s mushrooming wind energy industry.
Watch the Video …

16Feb2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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State House Rejects Wind Tax Bill

House Bill 191 would have combined the upcoming $1-per-megawatt-hour wind energy tax and the sales tax on wind energy equipment into a single $3-per-megawatt-hour excise tax. But a 29 to 29 tie vote killed the measure, at least for the time being.

9Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State House Passes Wind Energy Eminent Domain Bill

Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a proposed two-year extension of the state’s moratorium on wind developers’ eminent domain powers. The eminent domain extension legislation, House Bill 230, passed the House 53-6 without debate.

9Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming House Committee Moves Wind Energy Tax Bill

Wind energy companies would pay higher generation taxes in Wyoming in exchange for ending the state sales tax on equipment used in wind farm construction under a bill that cleared a legislative committee last week.

5Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Massive Anschutz Projects Move to Next Stage

The $6 billion wind farm will be capable of generating enough power to meet the needs of at least 600,000 homes, according to the Power Company of Wyoming. The other project involves the proposed TransWest Express LLC power line which would bring power from Wyoming, through northwestern Colorado and Utah into Nevada.

26Jan2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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