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The Dave Johnston power plant's four units were built between 1959 and 1972. It's owned by PacifiCorp.

Rocky Mountain Power Looking At Carbon Capture At Gillette, Glenrock Coal Plants

Rocky Mountain Power, which raised electricity rates 8.3% in January, on Friday announced it is studying whether to place a carbon capture project at either of its Wyoming-based coal-fired power plants — Wyodak near Gillette, or Dave Johnston near Glenrock.

Pat MaioMarch 29, 2024

Company To Build $155 Million Solar Farm In Wyoming's 'Hail Alley'

Cowboy Energy and Portugal's Greenvolt Power have teamed up to build a $155 million solar farm near the farming community of Yoder, Wyoming. They say the 326,000 solar panels will be hail-resistant and will cover 1,200 acres.

Pat MaioMarch 28, 2024

Dry Fork Station coal-fired power plant north of Gillette.

Gillette’s Dry Fork Station Could Become World’s Largest Carbon Capture Plant

An energy research association and a California filtration business have received millions from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue developing a project in Gillette that could make Dry Fork the largest carbon capture power plant in the world.

Pat MaioMarch 28, 2024

Ramaco and its iCam facility are exploring other uses for coal than burning it to produce electricity, including gleaning rare earths from the clays around coal seams and making other products. The company also operates coal mines, like this one, in the Eastern U.S.

Ramaco Says $37 Billion Wyoming Rare Earth Estimate May Have Been Too Low

Ramaco is pulling back from a valuation estimate of $37 billion for critical rare earth minerals discovered underground in northeastern Wyoming. The estimate could be billions of dollars higher as some of the minerals have been banned by China for export to the U.S.

Pat MaioMarch 27, 2024

EnCore Energy Corp. owns uranium assets in Texas and other states, and is expanding its footprint with potentially huge uranium deposits in Wyoming.

Texas-Based Company Pushes Development Of Huge Uranium Deposits in Wyoming

EnCore, a Texas-based uranium producer, is developing huge uranium deposits throughout Wyoming. Its top priority is to pull out of the ground 8 million pounds of uranium at its Gas Hills project, located 45 miles east of Riverton.

Pat MaioMarch 27, 2024

A USA Gasoline station at 3363 E. Pershing Blvd. closed down earlier this month.

Wyoming USA Gasoline Stations In Casper, Cheyenne and Laramie Close

The USA Gasoline brand name appears to be disappearing from Wyoming's gas station landscape, including stations in Casper, Cheyenne and Laramie. Some changed hands to other brands, others are shutting down.

Pat MaioMarch 26, 2024

Ramaco's coal mine in northern Wyoming is revealing potential to be a huge rare earths deposit. The company has assets all over the country, like this mine in the Eastern U.S.

Ramaco's Rare Earths Deposit In Northeast Wyoming Estimated Worth At $37 Billion

Ramaco Resources in northeast Wyoming plans to update its rare earths deposit find Wednesday, pushing the estimate on tonnage underground to over 1.5 million tons, and the value to more than $37 billion.

Pat MaioMarch 26, 2024

Former Rare Element Resources Brent Berg, right, left his post as CEO to become a senior vice president for Uranium Energy.

Top Executive For $44 Million Rare Earths Project Leaves For Wyoming Uranium Job

Brent Berg, the top executive behind development of a $44 million rare earth minerals project near Upton, Wyoming, backed by the U.S. Department of Energy, has left the company for an in-state uranium job.

Pat MaioMarch 25, 2024

A railcar carrying 60,000 pounds of Dyno Nobel ammonia nitrate, a chemical fertilizer that also can be used to make explosives, left Cheyenne full and arrived two weeks later in California empty.

Railroad Still Investigating 30 Tons Of Missing Dyno Nobel Explosive

Coming up on a year after 30 tons of ammonium nitrate went missing on a train ride from Dyno Nobel’s Cheyenne plant to California, railroad authorities say they’re still investigating what happened to it.

Pat MaioMarch 25, 2024

Dr. Victor Ryan in the small control room of the tiny nuclear reactor he brought to the University of Wyoming and was kept in the basement of the old engineering building.

Lost In Time: There Was A Working Nuclear Reactor At UW 60 Years Ago

Although many have thought it was an urban myth, it's actually true. There was a working nuclear reactor in the basement of the University of Wyoming Engineering Building in the 1960s. Dr. Victor Albert Ryan, a nuclear chemist, brought it with him to establish UW's nuclear research program.

Pat MaioMarch 23, 2024

Some of the nation's top nuclear research is done at the Idaho National Laboratory.

Wyoming Firms Win Access To Top Nuclear Labs To Research Advanced Tech

Two Cheyenne, Wyoming, companies have advanced in a competitive program with the federal energy agency that gives them access to the nation's top research laboratories to work on new advanced nuclear technologies.

Pat MaioMarch 22, 2024

Along with the rising temperatures of spring comes the annual hike of gas prices around Wyoming and the U.S.

Spring Brings Higher Temps — And Gas Prices — Around Wyoming

Overall, gas prices in Wyoming are about 32 cents below the national average, unless you live in the state’s wealthier areas, in a sparsely populated area that attract tourists, or in a rural area where there aren’t many gas stations.

Pat MaioMarch 21, 2024

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State Drops Child Porn Case Against Casper Man So Feds Can Prosecute

State charges against a 43-year-old Casper man accused of having and distributing child porn were dropped this week after the registered sex offender was indicted on federal charges for the same offenses.

Pat MaioMarch 20, 2024

Strata Energy proposes to sell a significant amount of Wyoming uranium to a Belgium company.

Australian Company Inks $117M Deal To Supply Wyoming Uranium to Belgium Buyer

Peninsula Energy of Australia says it plans to sell between $88 million and $117 million worth of Wyoming uranium from a mine near Gillette to a European nuclear fuel buyer from Belgium.

Pat MaioMarch 20, 2024

A Natrium nuclear power plant by TerraPower will replace the Naughton power plant near Kemmerer when it's decommissioned.

TerraPower Expects To Start Building Wyoming Nuclear Site In June

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday that it expects TerraPower to file a construction permit within days. The company plans to start building its small nuclear power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in June.

Pat MaioMarch 19, 2024

An illustration of what an "orchard" of silos to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and sequester it underground in central Wyoming could look like.

$11M Raised For Massive Field Of Carbon-Sucking Silos In Central Wyoming

A plan to locate a massive field of silos that suck carbon dioxide out of the air is planned somewhere in central Wyoming, and $11 million has been raised so far.

Pat MaioMarch 19, 2024

L&H Industrial is branching out with a new arm of its company that will focus on building small nuclear power plants and components.

L&H Says Cheyenne, Laramie On Short List For Headquarters Of New Nuclear Business

Wyoming is becoming the new ground zero for building small nuclear reactors, which has prompted Gillette-based L&H Industrial to launch its new nuclear business, which could be based in Cheyenne or Laramie.

Pat MaioMarch 18, 2024

The Halleck Creek site in Wyoming, now called the Cowboy State Mine site.

Company To Invest $456 Million To Develop Huge Wyoming Rare Earths Deposit

American Rare Earths on Sunday said the $456 million it expects to invest in its rare earths mine near Wheatland is a realistic plan to begin production over the next few years. The site could be the world's richest, the company says.

Pat MaioMarch 17, 2024

The Jim Bridger plant in southwest Wyoming.

Gordon Signs Bill Allowing Power Companies To Charge For Carbon Capture Retrofits

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill Friday that will allow utilities to charge customers for the costs to make carbon capture retrofits to power plants. The bill had encountered resistance from the Freedom Caucus, which is opposed to the concept of carbon capture.

Pat MaioMarch 15, 2024

The micronuclear plants Radiant Industries wants to build will weigh 60 tons, but be small enough to be transported by semitrailer or air. They'll produce 1 megawatt of power, enough for industrial use or to power a 750-home development.

Wyoming A Finalist For Factory To Build Portable Micro-Nuclear Plants

A nuclear technologies business has selected Wyoming as one of five finalists to locate a factory to build portable micro-nuclear power plants that can power anything from mining and drilling operations to military equipment or large subdivision of homes.

Pat MaioMarch 15, 2024

Artist’s rendering of the Project Bison direct air capture facility to be located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

$80 Million Raised To Build Giant Carbon Capture Project In Wyoming

A pair of carbon capture companies have raised $80 million to build what would be the world’s largest direct-air carbon capture and storage project in southwest Wyoming, called Project Bison.

Pat MaioMarch 14, 2024

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