wind turbines

“It has been a long wait, but Wyoming is thrilled to finally see this innovative answer to the disposal needs of inert decommissioned wind turbine materials approved,” stated Todd Parfitt, Wyoming’s Director of the WDEQ.

With a long and dry season in Wyoming, the one thing we don't need is more things starting fires. Wyoming is quickly becoming home to more wind and solar power farms. It turns out that, besides other hazards caused by these power farms like bird and bat kills and disruption to migration corridors, they can be fire hazards...

The commission, which approves siting permits for wind farms, has not acted on the requests.

Solar power often gets attention for efficiency gains but many U.S. utilities also are working to squeeze more megawatts out of wind, PacifiCorp spokesman Spencer Hall said.

The State of Wyoming has 1,100 MW of installed wind generation as of 2010 and its existing wind capacity ranks twelfth in the U.S. Yet the state ranks even higher, seventh, in potential wind capacity. The state has the potential to produce a whopping 227,664 MW of wind energy, enough power for 68...