Wind Energy

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say three people bilked $3.7 million from investors by claiming to develop wind farms in Wyoming and South Dakota. The projects never were built. A federal indictment filed in Cheyenne says phone solicitors made cold calls to investors nationwide, telling them the wind farms were being built by a private firm and the U...

Both of Wyoming’s senators voted against a proposal to extend a federal tax break for wind energy production. The measure — an amendment to a transportation bill — failed in a 49-49 vote on Tuesday. Sixty votes were needed for it to advance.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A new joint venture funded by TIAA-CREF (T-I-A-A Kref) and an Alaskan company, Cook Inlet Region, Inc. is acquiring two wind farms in Wyoming. The two companies have joined with Edison Mission Energy to form Capistrano Wind Partners LLC...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The number of wind turbines completed in Wyoming is lagging the number of permits issued by state regulators to build them. Todd Parfitt of the state’s Industrial Siting Division says financial concerns, tax uncertainty, legal and environmental issues such as sage grouse habitat, and transmission constraints have slowed construction...

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) — The Sweetwater County Commission has approved a temporary halt to applications for commercial wind farms. The county has not met state standards for wind farm zoning. Commission Chairman Wally Johnson tells the Rock Springs Rocket-Miner (http://bit...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says he’s giving up hope that the Wyoming Legislature will change how the state taxes wind energy projects this year. Wyoming in January began imposing a $1 per megawatt hour tax on wind energy production...

Gov. Matt Mead said he won’t stop pushing for change in how Wyoming taxes wind energy projects despite a chilly reception to his proposals from some state legislators. Wyoming next month will begin imposing a $1 per megawatt hour tax on wind energy production...

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — A company that wants to build a wind farm south of Rock Springs says the project would create 200 jobs during construction and lead to 25 long-term jobs once it starts operations. EnXco (en-EX’-koh) presented the economic benefits of the proposal during a public hearing on the proposal Monday in Rock Springs...