wind energy

A clean energy project that’s looking at eastern Wyoming has made plans to construct a green hydrogen facility beginning in 2026. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hugh Cook spoke with Paul Martin, the president of Focus Clean Energy about the company’s plans for the Pronghorn H2 Project, the impacts, and what it will take to make their plans a reality.

The build-out of clean energy infrastructure in the West on its current trajectory would occupy about 39 million acres of land – roughly three-fourths the size of Utah – by 2050. A new study by The Nature Conservancy, however, suggests that the right mix of technologies can cut the amount of land needed in half.

A controversial wind turbine project outside of Laramie received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to move forward.The Rail Tie Wind Project, spearheaded by power company ConnectGen, has been in the works since 2019. The end goal is a 504 megawatt wind farm with up to 149 wind turbines in southeastern Albany County.

Final approval was given to move forward with a 416-mile power line that will transfer Wyoming’s renewable electricity across the West.The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) gave PacifiCorp the ‘OK’ last week, to proceed with construction on the Energy Gateway South transmission line. The intention is for the line to carry wind energy from wind farms in Medicine Bow to central Utah.

A large wind farm has now won approval from both Carbon and Albany County Commissioners, and now awaits state and federal approvals before construction can start.

Wind and solar developments can affect everything from an area's viewshed to its wildlife. But solar panels and wind turbines are growing more common across the state as the world seeks greener sources of energy, and as energy firms notice Wyoming's wide open spaces.

A massive wind farm planned for Albany County is one step closer to approval.

A new project known as the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project is looking to increase the reliability of energy generated by wind turbines in Wyoming.

Wyoming's economy was built on energy. But with the structural decline of coal and fragile oil and gas markets, the constant question has become, what's next? How long can this dependence on energy revenue last? So, are citizens happy with the state's response? Wyoming Public Radio's Cooper McKim visited Rock Springs to ask locals: what do you think?

Albany County Commissioners have been looking over an application to build another wind project, and this week they deemed the proposed 37,000-acre Rock Creek project application complete, and it's now open for public comment.