Dive Brief: Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) and other state and utility officials this week broke ground on a new carbon research center that will study capturing carbon emissions from coal facilities and turn them into a product which can be sold. The Casper Star Tribune reports the $21 million center will be built next to Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork...
Read MoreConstruction formally began Wednesday on Wyoming’s Integrated Test Center, a $21 million facility for research on carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technology. The facility, to be built at the Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork Station near the city of Gillette, is due for completion in summer 2017. The first research teams will be finalists in...
Read MoreState and industry leaders eye $21 million facility as link to a low-carbon future for coal It might not be a white knight riding to the rescue just yet, but a glimmer of hope came for the state’s beleaguered coal industry this week in the form of Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremonies for the Wyoming Integrated Test Center near Gillette. The event kicked off...
Read MoreThe Integrated Test Center (ITC) is a public-private partnership designed to foster the next generation of energy technology. Construction for the Wyoming Integrated Test Center, a cutting edge carbon research facility, will officially kick off April 27 at a groundbreaking ceremony at the Dry Fork Station near Gillette, WY. The facility is owned by Basin Electric...
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