Wyoming's Wind Energy Future
An Emerging Issue Forum
Conveners
University of Wyoming
Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources
School of Energy Resources' Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy
Sponsors
Stroock Forum on Wyoming Lands and People
Center for Law and Energy Resources in the Rockies
School of Energy Resources
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Join us for two days of thoughtful discussion of wind energy development in Wyoming. Wyoming Treasurer Mark Gordon will kick off the conference and President of Rocky Mountain Power, Cindy Crane, will give a keynote lunch presentation. Panel discussions and presentations will explore:
- State, national, and global energy trends
- Wind energy technology and an evolving western energy grid
- Fiscal impacts of wind development to towns, counties, and Wyoming
- Perspectives from wind developers
- Community development and business opportunities
- Values, viewsheds, and western identity
- Wind-wildlife impacts and emerging mitigation
- Environmental trade-offs of wind energy, from local to global
- Existing regulatory structure and opportunities for public involvement in Wyoming’s wind future
- Planning and siting for wind energy in Wyoming
Registration is free but be sure to reserve your spot. Continental breakfasts, lunches, and an evening reception included.
Resources and Information About Wind Energy
Economics and Job Creation
Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis–Version 10.0, Lazard, December 2016
An assessment of Wyoming's competitiveness to attract new wind development, and the potential impacts such development may bring to the state, report by the Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy, University of Wyoming, September 2016
Economic Impact and Job Creation Study, National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority, March 2013
Economic Development from New Transmission and Generation, National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority, March 2011
The impact of wind development on local economies–preliminary wage findings, presentation by Drs. Rob Godby and Roger Coupal, University of Wyoming
Regulatory Structure and Permitting
Mapping the Wind Generation Permitting Process in Wyoming, Tetra Tech, July 2012
Resource Potential and Siting
Geographic Diversity Study Comparing Wyoming and California Wind, Wind Energy Research Center, University of Wyoming for the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority, July 2015
CA-WY Wind Integration Study, National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority, March 2014
Geographic Diversity Study Comparing Wyoming and Colorado Wind, Wind Energy Research Center, University of Wyoming for the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority, April 2013
Wind Resource Assessment for WY, Wind Energy Research Center, University of Wyoming for the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority
Transmission
Mapping the Transmission Process in Wyoming, Tetra Tech, May 2012
Transmission Report - WY Legislative Task Force on Wind Energy, Wyoming Infrastructure Authority, October 2009
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