All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming wind energy"

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Lawmakers Vote Against Bill to Restructure
State Wind Tax Policies

Transmission lines are more critical to future wind energy development in Wyoming than state tax policies. That’s the upshot of a legislative committee’s vote against a bill that would have restructured the state’s policy on taxing wind energy projects to benefit producers.

28Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Power Struggle for Wyoming Wind

There are political obstacles, but the main problem is this: Wyoming has run out of power lines connecting it to the rest of the country. And until it gets more, that epic wind is just moving dust and dirt eastward, one gust at a time.

30Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Drive Like the Wind

The report examined grid conditions in the Northwest Power Pool, including Wyoming. “Electric vehicles, coupled with grid-friendly charging, offers a great opportunity, right now, to help electric companies integrate additional windpower into our electric system,” said Michael Kintner-Meyer, PNNL staff scientist and study co-author.

27Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Companies Lack Strategies for
Aging Turbines

Few companies have created end-of-life strategies for aging turbines, which could lead to logistical problems down the road. One executive said he doesn’t believe the issue has been addressed because the industry is still young. “It’s not an issue now, but it’s going to be an issue pretty soon.”

27Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Natrona County: Contractor Sues Former
Development Director

Leist started WindWorks Energy LLC in January 2010, a month after he resigned from the county. According to the Wyoming Secretary of State’s business database, WindWorks Energy was declared administratively dissolved on March 12.

6Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Massive Wyoming Wind Project Invites
Public Comment

The Chokecherry-Sierra Madre wind energy project proposed by the Power Company of Wyoming will be the subject of two upcoming public open house meetings hosted by the Bureau of Land Management.

16Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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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