All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming"

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Interactive Energy Storage System Project on Tap

According to the utility, it was looking for a modular, scalable system with an easy-to-deploy platform that would deliver the benefits of load management and peak shaving while being flexible enough to support on-site renewable power generating sources.

22Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Refinery’s New Owner Plans Production Boost

Black Elk Refining LLC of Houston bought the refinery from its previous owner, which sits at the center of town and in the middle of a contentious debate about community health concerns.

9Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Survey: Wyoming Residents Support Uranium Mining But Not as Much as Oil and Gas Development

People gave their views on uranium mining as a way to provide energy, but residents who answered the survey are concerned about the potential for groundwater contamination and pollution from uranium development.

10Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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CO2 Reduction Not Part of WyGen III Coal-Fired Plant — at Least for Now

Bucking the trend in several other states, such as neighboring Colorado where new legislation is curtailing coal-fired plants, Wyoming’s latest facility is now online near Gillette. WyGen III is delivering electricity to approximately 70,000 residents in western South Dakota and parts of Wyoming and Montana.

14Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Key Gas Industry Execs Call for Disclosure of “Fracking” Chemicals

At the energy conference, Pinkerton called the companies’ concerns that disclosure would put them at a disadvantage “silly” and said, according to a report in Natural Gas Intelligence, that “I’ve basically told them that this is not acceptable.”

10Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Encore Acquisition in CO2 Supply Agreement
with Fremont County Gas Plant

Encore will purchase all of the volumes available from the Lost Cabin Gas Plant, and plans to build compression facilities adjacent to the plant and construct a 206 mile pipeline to transport the compressed CO2 to its Montana site.

29Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Delays Siting Process for Gateway
West Project

The agency is pushing back the completion date for its draft environmental impact statement for the Gateway West Transmission Line Project from this fall to next spring. The time will be used to identify more alternative routes with the project’s developers and local interests.

20Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Energy in Platte County:
Landowners’ Perspective

As plans for wind energy development in Platte County and Southeast Wyoming continue, landowners still maintain a vital role in the process of finding the best way to establish wind farms and transmission lines in the area.

1Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Energy Definite Part of Platte County’s Future

Grant Stumbough, Southeastern Wyoming Resource Conservation and Development Coordinator, has been working with local Wind Energy Associations to promote a grassroots approach to wind development.

17Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Lusk Getting New Wind Turbine
Maintenance Facility

The big uptick in turbine installations throughout the country has greatly amplified the demand for preventive and unscheduled maintenance. Already, 60% of the active wind turbines are behind on their scheduled maintenance.

14May2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Connecting the Dots for the Wheatland Wind Corridor

It’s obvious that a major shift is underway for electrical generation in North America. Wyoming, specifically, deserves closer inspection. Let’s examine why the Wheatland area, in particular, is positioned to benefit from wind energy development.

17Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued