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List of power stations in Wyoming

List of power stations in Wyoming

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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Wyoming, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Wyoming had a total summer capacity of 10,096 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 46,017 GWh in 2022.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 71.1% coal, 22.1% wind, 4.3% natural gas, 1.9% hydroelectric and 0.5% solar. Small-scale solar which includes customer-owned photovoltaic panels delivered 23 GWh to Wyoming's electrical grid.[1]

Sources of Wyoming electricity generation: full-year 2022 [1]

  Coal (71.1%)
  Wind (22.1%)
  Natural Gas (4.3%)
  Hydroelectric (1.9%)
  Solar (0.5%)

Wyoming had the smallest population in the U.S. in 2019, and three-fifths of its electricity generation was sent to nearby western states. It contains more than one-third of the nation's recoverable coal reserves, accounted for two-fifths of all related U.S. mining activity, and exported much of its low-sulfur coal to power plants in 29 other states. Wyoming also mined and exported nearly all the uranium used to fuel the nation's fleet of nuclear power stations. These activities have declined somewhat in recent years while extraction of Wyoming's oil and gas reserves continued to expand.[3]

Nuclear power stations

Wyoming had no utility-scale nuclear facilities in 2019. In June 2021, Terrapower and Pacificorp announced their intention to advance a novel reactor demonstration project at the site of a retiring coal plant in Wyoming.[4] On 16 November 2021, Pacificorp announced the selection of the Naughton Power Plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming for the Natrium Demonstration Project.[5]

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]

Coal

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Natural gas

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Other petroleum gases

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Petroleum liquids

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Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]

Biomass and industrial waste

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A Waste heat from phosphate fertilizer manufacturing.

Geothermal

Wyoming has no utility-scale geothermal facilities. It has a number of small-scale geothermal installations used mostly to heat buildings.[3]

Hydroelectric

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Solar

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Wind

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The Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project with a planned capacity of up to 3,000 MW generated by about 1,000 turbines is under construction in Carbon County and scheduled for completion in 2026.[54] It would be the largest wind farm in the U.S. upon completion, and would serve the western U.S. market thru planned new HVDC transmission capacity.[55]

Battery storage facilities

Wyoming had no utility-scale battery storage facilities in 2019.


References

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  5. "General Chemical Green River Power Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  6. "Genesis Alkali". Genesis Energy LLC. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  7. "Laramie River Station". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  8. "Neil Simpson Power Plants". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  9. "Wygen Station". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  10. "Wygen II". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  11. "Wygen III". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  12. "Wyodak Power Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  13. "Wyodak Mine". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  14. "Barber Creek". Energy Justice Network. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  15. "Beaver Creek Gas Plant". Energy Justice Network. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  16. Laura Hancock (2015-09-23). "Oil recovery plant breaks ground in Riverton Wyoming". Billings Gazette.
  17. "Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company". Sinclair. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  18. "Our Facilities". Great Western Sugar Coop. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  19. Joshua Wolfson (2018-11-28). "After 95 years, Torrington sugar beet plant to stop production". Casper Star Tribune.
  20. "Elk Basine Gasoline Waste Plant WY". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  21. "Simplot Phosphates" (PDF). www.simplot.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  22. "Alcova Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  23. "Boysen Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  24. "Buffalo Bill Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  25. "Fontenelle Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  26. "Freemont Canyon Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  27. "Glendo Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  28. "Guernsey Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  29. "Heart Mountain Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  30. "Kortes Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  31. "Pilot Butte Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  32. "Seminoe Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  33. "Shoshone Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  34. "Spirit Mountain Powerplant". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  35. "Strawberry Creek Hydro Plant". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  36. "Upper Swift Creek". Canyon Hydro. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  37. "Sweetwater". Swinerton Renewable Energy. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  38. "The U.S. Wind Turbine Database". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  39. Cinthia Stimson and Douglas Budget (2020-12-16). "NextEra powers up Cedar Springs". Wyomingnews.com.
  40. Erickson, Camille (2019-10-21). "Work on Wyoming's largest wind farm project continues even as schedule changes". Casper Star-Tribune Online. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  41. Matthew Bandyk (2019-10-25). "Largest planned wind farm in US gets key federal approval". Utility Dive.

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