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Sources of Wyoming electricity generation: full-year 2019

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Wyoming, sorted by type and name. In 2019, Wyoming had a total summer capacity of 8,667 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 42,146 GWh. The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 83.9% coal, 9.9% wind, 3.4% natural gas (including up to 0.9% other petroleum gases and 0.1% petroleum liquids), 2.4% hydroelectric and 0.4% solar. Small-scale solar which includes customer-owned photovoltaic panels delivered in additional net 9 GWh to Wyoming's electrical grid. This compares as one-twentieth the amount generated by the state's first utility-scale solar PV facility which entered into service the prior year.

Wyoming had the smallest population in the U.S. in 2019, and three-fifths of its electricity generation was sent to nearby western states. It contains more than one-third of the nation's recoverable coal reserves, accounted for two-fifths of all related U.S. mining activity, and exported much of its low-sulfur coal to power plants in 29 other states. Wyoming also mined and exported nearly all the uranium used to fuel the nation's fleet of nuclear power stations. These activities have declined somewhat in recent years while extraction of Wyoming's oil and gas reserves continued to expand.

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Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Coal

Natural gas

Petroleum

Other petroleum gases

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Biomass

Wyoming had no utility-scale facilities fueled by biomass or refuse in 2019.

Geothermal

Wyoming had no utility-scale geothermal facilities in 2019. The state is home to Yellowstone National Park and Hot Springs State Park. It had a number of small-scale geothermal installations used mostly to heat buildings.

Hydroelectric

Solar

Wind

Nuclear power stations

Wyoming had no utility-scale nuclear facilities in 2019.

Battery storage facilities

Wyoming had no utility-scale battery storage facilities in 2019.

References

1. ^ "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Wyoming, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–19". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
2. "Wyoming Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
3. ^ "Wyoming Electricity Profile Analysis". U.S. EIA. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
4. ^ Energy Information Administration (15 September 2020). "Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)". eia.gov. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
5. ^ "PacifiCorp details early Bridger, Naughton coal closures". WyoFile. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
6. ^ "Black Hills Corp. closes coal unit at Wyodak Neil Simpson complex in Gillette". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
7. "PacifiCorp: early closure of Wyo coal plants saves $599 million". WyoFile. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
8. ^ "Wyoming Distributed Generation". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
9. "Barber Creek". Energy Justice Network. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
10. ^ "Beaver Creek Gas Plant". Energy Justice Network. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
11. "Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station". Black Hills Corporation. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
12. "Our Facilities". Great Western Sugar Coop. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
13. Joshua Wolfson (2018-11-28). "After 95 years, Torrington sugar beet plant to stop production". Casper Star Tribune.
14. "Simplot Phosphates" (PDF). www.simplot.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
15. "Project Profile - Waste Heat to Electricity In Fertilizer Manufacturing" (PDF). Simplot Leasing Corp. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
16. "Sweetwater". Swinerton Renewable Energy. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

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