LaBarge facility receives funding for innovative energy projects
• $6 million given to Dry Spruce Operating for helium and carbon sequestration. The Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) announced on November 5 that Governor Mark Gordon has approved funding for three energy projects to enhance the state’s energy sector….
BWXT to Evaluate Locations in Wyoming for Building New Nuclear TRISO Fuel Production Facility
• Wyoming Energy Authority and BWXT Sign Cooperation Agreement to Examine Potential Construction Options in the State The Wyoming Energy Authority has announced a signed cooperation agreement with BWXT Advanced Technologies, a subsidiary of BWX Technologies, to evaluate the requirements…
More good news for critical minerals company in Wyoming
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — American Rare Earths, a mineral exploration company whose Halleck Creek mine in Albany County was named one of the top ten critical mineral deposits on earth, has a knack…
City, nuclear tech company explore possibility of building reactors in Gillette
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — The city of Gillette and a company looking to build nuclear micro reactors in Wyoming will work together to look at the possibility of having nuclear facilities…
Ambitious array of projects could extend lifespan of state’s legacy industries
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Wyoming Energy Authority is pulling out the stops for an ambitious array of projects that could extend the life of the state’s fossil fuel sectors and simultaneously bring new…
Governor Gordon Pushes BLM to Listen to Wyoming when it Finalizes Rock Springs RMP
Governor Mark Gordon is urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reconsider its restriction-heavy preferred alternative and deliver a reasonable plan incorporating more of Wyoming’s compromise approach to managing the Rock Springs area. The Governor submitted his comment letter, along…
SVI Radio Interview-Oct. 26: Wyoming Energy Authority
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State to back carbon storage, nuclear microreactor projects with $19M
• The projects are the first to potentially win awards from the $150 million taxpayer-supported Energy Matching Fund. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com The state’s top energy office has recommended two energy projects for a combined $19 million in support…
Black Hills Energy to use Wyodak coal to research hydrogen generation
GILLETTE (WNE) — Black Hills Energy will be using Powder River Basin coal to research hydrogen generation. Black Hills Energy was recently awarded a grant from the Wyoming Energy Authority to conduct a feasibility analysis on hydrogen generation using coal…
Wyoming looks to grow its manufacturing sector
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —Wyoming leaders are effectively laying the groundwork for manufacturing sector growth, but the state’s new industries and shifting workforce will need continued support in the years ahead, panelists said at…