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![A team of workers helped build a makeshift version of its approach to wind energy in Paso Robles, California, for testing out with the military for possible applications on the battlefield.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Airloom-energy-1-7.26.24.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=3%3A2&fit=crop)
Bill Gates-Backed Wyoming Wind Energy Startup Raising Nearly $13 Million
Airloom Energy Inc., a Laramie-based wind energy startup with ties to Bill Gates, is raising nearly $13 million to promote its novel design of wind energy loops that operate horizontally and low to the ground instead of the giant turbines that dot Wyoming's landscape.
Pat MaioJuly 26, 2024
![An aerial view of the Coal Creek mine about 30 miles southeast of Gillette.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Coal-Creek-mine-ecoflight-1.23.24.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=3%3A2&fit=crop)
Coal Giant Arch Resources To Keep Shrinking Wyoming ‘Operational Footprint’
Arch Resources, the second largest coal producer in Wyoming, reported Thursday that it plans to keep shrinking its “operational footprint” in Wyoming’s energy-rich Powder River Basin. Its end-goal is the "eventual closure" of its Wyoming mines.
Pat MaioJuly 25, 2024
![Wyoming oil rig 5 15 23](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Wyoming-oil-rig-5.15.23.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=3%3A2&fit=crop)
Wyoming Oil And Gas Drilling Halted On 120,000 Acres By Federal Judge
A federal judge has told the Bureau of Land Management to halt issuing oil and gas drilling permits on 120,000 acres of public land in Wyoming. The ruling is to allow for a review of environmental impacts.
Pat MaioJuly 25, 2024
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Coal Production in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin Falls 30%
The collapse in coal production continues out of the state’s energy-rich Powder River Basin in northeastern Wyoming. Second quarter data released Wednesday shows coal production has slipped nearly 30% from the second quarter of 2023
Pat MaioJuly 24, 2024
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Wyomingites Frustrated By Biden On Energy Will Hate Harris, Industry Execs Say
Wyomingites frustrated by President Joe Biden’s energy policy will hate Kamala Harris, industry executives say. With Biden bowing out of the presidential election, Harris is now the frontrunner to be the Democratic nominee.
Pat MaioJuly 23, 2024
![Now with $28 million in funding, Denver-based Cowboy Clean Fuels hopes to have its Powder River Basin biofuels facility located 30 miles southwest of Gillette operational by the end of 2024.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Cowboy-Clean-Fuels-7.23.24.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=3%3A2&fit=crop)
Clean Energy Startup Has $28 Million To Create Biogas From Wyoming Sugar Beets
A clean energy startup has $28 million to build a facility in the Powder River Basin to turn Wyoming sugar beets into biogas. That includes $13 million announced Monday from a former Texas oilman.
Pat MaioJuly 23, 2024
![Wyoming produces much of America's thermal coal, and also is home to several coal-fired power plants.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/eastern-wyoming-coal-fired-plant-5.11.23.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=3%3A2&fit=crop)
Wyoming To Study Overhaul Of How Electricity Producers Are Taxed
Wyoming’s Budget Planning Office is hiring a legal consultant to advise a powerful group of legislators on overhauling the state’s electricity taxes. The study could lead to major changes in how taxes are collected from electricity producers.
Pat MaioJuly 19, 2024
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Skeptics Disagree With Study That Finds Wyoming Tops In The Nation In Energy Costs
Wyomingites pay more on their energy bills than anyone else in the U.S. and almost twice as much as the second-highest state, according to a new study. But economist and state Sen. Cale Case says the study is critically flawed.
Pat MaioJuly 19, 2024
![Concept illustration showing a campus of six BWXT micro nuclear power plants.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/BWXT-concept-six-BANR-reactors-6.18.24.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=3%3A2&fit=crop)
Virginia Firm Partners With Wyoming To Study Nuclear Fuel Factory Spots
Nuclear technology innovator BWX Technologies on Thursday agreed to work with the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) to evaluate requirements on where to build a potential nuclear fuel factory in the state.
Pat MaioJuly 18, 2024
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Wyoming Hires Second Powerful Law Firm To Fight Washington's Coal Policies
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has hired another major law firm to fight anti-coal policies from the Environmental Protection Agency. The firm employs former President Trump's former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.
Pat MaioJuly 18, 2024
![Ur-Energy President and CEO John Cash](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/ur-energy-7-17-24.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=3%3A2&fit=crop)
Casper's Ur-Energy Sees Boost In Uranium Production
According to regulatory filings on Wednesday, Casper-based Ur-Energy is one of the first major uranium mining players in Wyoming to see evidence of stronger demand by electric utilities of its ore, which is needed to power nuclear power plants.
Pat MaioJuly 18, 2024
![Drilling rig worker Zachary Christensen stands next to the rig where he was collecting core samples from a mining operation for rare earths planned by Ramaco Resources Inc. in Ranchester, Wyoming.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/ramaco-1-7-17-24.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=3%3A2&fit=crop)
Ramaco Resources Preparing To Build Plant To Transform Coal
Ramaco Resources is close to starting work on a pilot demonstration plant that will convert coal mined from a Ranchester mine into strategic rare earth minerals. They estimate they'll be pulling up to 2 million tons of coal annually out of the old Brook mine by 2026.
Pat MaioJuly 17, 2024