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. 

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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Clean-Coal Technology in Wyoming

Wyoming Researches Clean-Coal Technology

Beefing up on planet-friendly energy doesn’t have to mean pulling the plug entirely on traditional resources such as coal.

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Wyoming Sponsors

Laramie Regional Airport
Jackson Hole Airport
City of Riverton
Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne Regional Airport
Casper Area Economic Development Alliance
Groathouse Construction Inc.
Wyoming Business Council
Cheyenne Leads
Town of Wright
Rocky Mountain Power
Weston County Development
University of Wyoming
Wyoming Industrial Development Corporation
Laramie Economic Development

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