Wyoming To Hitch A Ride On “Record-Shattering” US Solar Industry

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:55:07 +0000

The US solar industry is celebrating another “record-shattering” year, despite concerns that more counties are blocking solar development.

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Hydrogen Production Project Moves Forward at Wyoming Coal Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:08:28 +0000

Wyoming officials will help fund a hydrogen generation project that will have coal as its energy source, using carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) along with a chemical looping technology. Babcock […]

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Provides Backup Power for Microsoft Data Center

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 15:11:16 +0000

A demonstration project led by Caterpillar at a Wyoming site showed that large-format hydrogen fuel cells could be used to supply backup power to a data center. Caterpillar on Jan. […]

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Wyoming Energy Authority Makes Investment Toward Microreactor Deployment

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:55:21 +0000

BWX Technologies (BWXT) said it was awarded a “two-phase, two-year contract” with the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) to assess the viability of deploying small-scale nuclear reactors in the state to […]

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Milestone for Major Pumped Hydro Storage Project in Wyoming

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:00:26 +0000

A Utah-based company is developing a pumped hydro energy storage project in the heart of coal country, one of several renewable energy deployments being sited in Wyoming in an effort to diversify that state’s energy and power portfolio. Officials with the 900-MW Seminoe Pumped Storage Project, being developed by rPlus Hydro, part of rPlus Energies, […]

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Wyoming Anti-EV Proposal Dies In Committee — Where It Went Wrong & What They’ll Probably Try Next

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:13:07 +0000

Some Wyoming legislators want to send California a message. You see, they really like gas- and diesel-powered vehicles, and California’s phasing those out between now and 2035. So, to get back at California, Wyoming is trying to pass a resolution suggesting that Wyoming should do the opposite and phase out electric car sales in the […]

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What Are States Planning To Do With Federal EV Charging Funds?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 11:20:24 +0000

State plans for the National EV Charging Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program were due to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation this week, and many states released a draft plan for feedback in the last couple of months. The NEVI Program is one of two programs in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that provide funding for […]

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Keeping Coal Relevant: University of Wyoming Leads the Way

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 17:33:00 +0000

To say the coal industry faces challenges is an understatement. Coal-fired power plants are being retired around the globe as efforts to decarbonize the world’s power supply have intensified due to climate change concerns. That’s a problem for people working in the coal industry, as well as for states and governments that rely on coal […]

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