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The following page lists power stations in the U.S. state of Wyoming.


Fossil fuels

Coal

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Technology Year
Completed		 Closure Refs
Dave Johnston Converse County 922.2 Conventional Steam Coal
General Chemical Sweetwater County 30 Conventional Steam Coal
Genesis Alkali Sweetwater County 41 Conventional Steam Coal
Jim Bridger Power Station Sweetwater County 2,441.9 Conventional Steam Coal
Laramie River Station Platte County 1,710 Conventional Steam Coal
Neil Simpson I Campbell County 22 Conventional Steam Coal Closed - 2014-03
Neil Simpson II Campbell County 80 Conventional Steam Coal
Naughton Power Plant Lincoln County 832 Conventional Steam Coal
Wygen 1 Campbell County 90 Conventional Steam Coal
Wygen 2 Campbell County 95 Conventional Steam Coal
Wygen III Campbell County 116 Conventional Steam Coal
Wyodak Campbell County 402.3 Conventional Steam Coal

Oil

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Technology Year
Completed		 Refs
Lake (WY) Teton County 2.7 Petroleum Liquids
Old Faithful Teton County 2 Petroleum Liquids
Sinclair Oil Refinery Carbon County 1.1 Petroleum Liquids

Natural gas

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Technology Year
Completed		 Refs
Arvada Sheridan County 22.5 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine 2002-08
Barber Creek Campbell County 22.5 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine 2002-09
Beaver Creek Gas Plant Fremont County 3.6 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine 1983
Big Sand Draw Plant Fremont County 8 Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station Laramie County 140 Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine		 2014-10
Hartzog Campbell County 22.5 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine 2002-06
Neil Simpson II Campbell County 34 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Sinclair Oil Refinery Carbon County 3.9 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Western Sugar Coop - Torrington Goshen County 2 Natural Gas Steam Turbine


Renewable resources

Battery Storage

There are no utility-scale Battery Storage facilities in the state of Wyoming.

Biomass

There are no utility-scale Biomass facilities in the state of Wyoming.

Geothermal

There are no utility-scale Geothermal facilities in the state of Wyoming.

Hydeoelectric

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration
Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Year Completed Refs
Alcova Natrona County 41.4
Boysen Fremont County 15
Buffalo Bill Park County 18
Fremont Canyon Natrona County 66.8
Fontenelle Lincoln County 10
Glendo Platte County 38
Guernsey Platte County 6.4
Heart Mountain Park County 5
Kortes Carbon County 36
Pilot Butte Fremont County 1.6
Seminoe Carbon County 51.6
Shoshone (WY) Park County 3
Strawberry Creek Lincoln County 1.5
Swift Creek Lincoln County 1.7

Solar

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration
Plant Location Area Capacity (MW) Refs
Sweetwater Solar Sweetwater County 92

Wind

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration
Plant Location Area Capacity (MW) Refs
Campbell Hill Windpower Converse County 99
Casper Wind Farm Natrona Count 17
Dunlap Carbon County 111
Foote Creek I Carbon County 41.4
Foote Creek II Carbon County 1.8
Foote Creek III Carbon County 24.8
Foote Creek IV Carbon County 16.8
Glenrock Converse County 158.3
Happy Jack Windpower Project Laramie County 29.4
High Plains Albany County 99
McFadden Ridge Albany County 28.5
Medicine Bow Carbon County 6.1
Pioneer Wind Park, LLC Converse County 80
Rolling Hills Converse County 138
Seven Mile Hill Carbon County 146.2
Silver Sage Windpower Laramie County 42
Top of the World Windpower Project Converse County 200
Mountain Wind Power LLC Uinta County 61
Mountain Wind Power II Uinta County 80
Rock River I LLC Carbon County 50
TransAlta Wyoming Wind Uinta County 144

Nuclear

There are no utility-scale Nuclear facilities in the state of Wyoming

Other

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration
Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Technology Year Completed Refs
Beaver Creek Gas Plant Fremont County 0.9 " All Other" 1983
Elk Basin Gasoline Plant Park County 2 Other Gases
Shute Creek Facility Lincoln County 144 Other Gases
Simplot Phosphates Sweetwater County 11.5 " All Other"
Sinclair Oil Refinery Carbon County 1.7 Other Gases


See also

References

  1. ^ "Wyoming Profile State Profile and Energy Estimates". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  2. ^ "Black Hills Corp. closes coal unit at Wyodak Neil Simpson complex in Gillette". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  3. ^ "Wyoming Distributed Generation". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  4. "Barber Creek". Energy Justice Network. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  5. ^ "Beaver Creek Gas Plant". Energy Justice Network. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  6. "Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station". Black Hills Corporation. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
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