Governor Mead announced that the so-called Integrated Test Center will be built at the Dry Fork Station, a coal-fired powerplant near Gillette. The state has pledged $15 million dollars in funding for the lab. Another $5 million will come from the Denver-based power company Tri-State Generation. The goal is to develop new technology to turn carbon dioxide into...
Read MoreAs we have reported recently, Wyoming has started looking for new ways to use coal, beyond simply burning it for power. The state is also starting to look at new ways to use a coal byproduct that has become a serious liability: carbon dioxide. The recently announced $20 million Carbon XPrize is intended to spur innovators to address that very problem. Wyoming Public...
Read MoreThe new Integrated Test Center carbon capture lab at Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station will have an added incentive for researchers: a $10 million XPRIZE. During Thursday’s Wyoming Infrastructure Authority (WIA) fall meeting in Jackson, the WIA Board of Directors approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the XPRIZE Foundation to use the Integrated Test...
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