The ITC is located at Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork Station, seven miles north of Gillette, Wyoming. Researchers at the ITC have access to flue gas otherwise released from the plant, a combination of ambient air, water vapor and carbon dioxide.

A steel duct connects the plants gas flue to the ITC. Technology positioned inside the plants’ exhaust flue allows researchers to divert flue gas to their testing facility when and as needed, where carbon dioxide molecules can be pulled and utilized. Read more >

From coal, oil, gas, uranium and wind—Wyoming is the leading exporter of British Thermal Units (BTUs) to the rest of the country. In 2010, Wyoming produced 10.5 quadrillion BTUs but consumed only 0.5 quadrillion BTUs within the state’s borders. In a global context, if Wyoming were a country, it would rank 10th in overall energy production. 10.5 quadrillion BTUs is greater than the energy consumed by all 114 million U.S. households in a single year. Read more >

Every day, more than 80 trains, each a mile long, roll out from Wyoming, the nation’s top coal producing state, to power plants in 37 states. These trains hauled more than 397 million tons of the 401 million tons of coal produced in 2012. There are sufficient coal reserves in Wyoming to keep producing at our current rate for the next 140 years. Read more >