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A regional energy project entering final planning stages this fall is set to become one of northern Colorado’s largest sources of wind power. When…
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Over the last decade or so, states in the Mountain West region have used less and less coal to make electricity. Wind is one of the energy sources…
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Even as wind energy production has grown in recent years to be a large part of the country’s energy portfolio, a chill around federal funding for...
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Wyoming has lost hundreds of coal mining jobs in 2016. In contrast to coal, the renewables industry is growing nationwide. Generation capacity is…
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The costs of wind and solar power have fallen dramatically in recent years. Still, renewables only account for a fraction of the energy produced in the…
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Unlike fossil fuels, wind energy is booming.Xcel Energy has announced a proposal with Denmark-based Vestas Wind Systems to build a 300 turbine project in…
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The coal stockpile at the Laramie River Power Station in Wheatland, Wyoming, is so big that you can't really see beyond it. It is similar to standing on…
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The sage grouse relies on large tracts of unbroken sagebrush habitat, miles of scrubby bushes flowing like an ocean, unbroken by towns and roads. Housing…
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As use of wind energy grows in Colorado, industry and energy grid officials are looking for more sophisticated forecasts to tell them when exactly to use…
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Wyoming wind is indeed legendary. The University of Wyoming's Wind Energy Research Center claims the state has the best land-based class 6 and 7 wind…