All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming wind energy"

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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.
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16Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | 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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House Minerals Committee Shelves Wind Energy Eminent Domain Bill

The legislation would have imposed another one-year moratorium on non-utility companies’ ability to use eminent domain when building collector lines to wind turbine sites. Now, the state’s ban will likely expire this summer.

25Jan2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Two Different Legislative Approaches to Change State’s Wind Tax System

State Rep. Tim Stubson will put forth legislation that would combine the upcoming $1-per-megawatt-hour wind energy tax and the sales tax on wind energy equipment into a single $3-per-megawatt-hour tax. While Rep. Roscoe’s approach is to divert part of the $1-per-megawatt-hour tax revenue to help wildlife affected by wind farms.

18Jan2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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County Wind Watch

Construction of the first wind farm in Campbell County was supposed to start in September, but the company building it has put the project on hold indefinitely. Meanwhile, Commissioners of Converse County set new wind regulations after a contentious public hearing.

10Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Duke Energy Gets $231 Financing for Top-of-the-World Development

The power company said it has arranged an 18-year non-recourse term loan and nearly $38 million in letters of credit for the massive project near Casper, which launched commercial operation in October, and features 66 GE 1.5MW wind turbines and 44 Siemens 2.3MW turbines.

7Dec2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Viewpoint: Wind Energy is ‘Positive Step’ for State

It allows for our state’s economy to become more diversified and to lessen the impacts of our traditional boom and bust cycles. In this recent recession, Wyoming wind energy has played a significant role in helping our company maintain a full employment roster with zero layoffs.

7Dec2010 | 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 Energy a Key Issue in Gubernatorial Debate

Mead said wind has a role in Wyoming’s future and may save some ranches from development if an owner can get paid for allowing wind turbines on his or her property. He said the $1-per-megawatt tax is a good place to start because the state has “a pretty good fish on the hook and we don’t want to yank the hook out of his mouth.”

24Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Against the Wind?: Tax Policy May Be Hurting Industry

The completion of Top of the World and Dunlap I could mark a turning point for Wyoming’s fledgling wind energy industry. Both Duke Energy and Rocky Mountain Power say they have no further plans to plant wind turbines in Wyoming.

21Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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