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Energy

Nearly 40 percent of the nation’s coal comes from Wyoming and more than a third of the coal used to produce electricity in the United States comes from the Powder River Basin. 

Evanston, Wyoming Wind Turbines

Wyoming Energy: From Cutting-Edge Research to Production
Wyoming’s status as an energy leader includes more than mining, drilling and production, and spans renewable resources and cutting-edge research on everything from clean coal technology and carbon management to biofuels to wind power.
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Wyoming Trona Operations See Growth in Soda Ash Exports
Wyoming holds the world’s largest deposits of trona. Tata Chemicals N.A. and FMC Wyoming are soda ash big producers; Church & Dwight manufactures Arm & Hammer baking soda from the same material.
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Powder River Coal Co. in Gillette, WY

Wyoming Is Fertile Ground for Rare Earth Elements
Wyoming is tapping rare earth elements and upping production of uranium – developments that will further diversify an energy-based economy and improve U.S. energy independence.
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Bell Supply Company in Cheyenne, WY

Energy Industry Suppliers Fuel Wyoming Economy

With one of the healthiest state economies in the country, vast energy resources and a growing renewable energy sector, Wyoming is attracting supply-chain manufacturing investment and creating new opportunities for existing companies. Schlumberger, Midwestern Wyoming, a Gestamp-Worthington Industries partnership, McJunkin Red Man and Bell Supply Company are among the players with new or expanding footprints.

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Compressed Gas Cylinders

Cimarex to Tap Riley Ridge for Helium Production

A new $350 million plant near Big Piney will soon be producing liquid helium using a process that returns waste gases to the ground. Cimarex Energy Co. is in for the long haul – the project is expected to produce helium for at least 50 years.

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Upton, WY Project to Turn Sugar Cane Waste into Ethanol

A joint project between KL Energy Corp. and Petrobras America Inc., a subsidiary of Brazil’s state-run oil company, is converting sugar cane waste into ethanol in Upton, Wyoming. Validating the technology to take it to a commercial level is the goal, and Petrobras is investing $11 million in KL's existing facility. Sugar cane waste, called bagasse, is readily available and is being shipped to Upton from Louisiana for the project. Brazil, in addition to being a huge ethanol user and exporter, also is the world's largest sugar producer.

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Evanston, Wyoming Wind Turbines

Wyoming Leads Clean-Energy Technology

With one gust at a time, Wyoming embraces clean-energy initiatives, leads the way in research, innovation.

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Duke Energy's Happy Jack Windpower Project, West of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Renewable Energy Efforts Boost Wyoming's Economic Development

The state is blowing away the competition on wind-power generation and research.

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Sponsors

Laramie Regional Airport
Jackson Hole Airport
City of Riverton – Riverton Regional Airport
Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce
Goshen County Economic Development Corp.
Casper Area Economic Development Alliance
Cheyenne Leads
Wyoming Business Council
Rocky Mountain Power
Town of Wright
University of Wyoming
Spring Hill Suites – Cheyenne
Laramie Economic Development Corporation
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services