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Released December 14, 2023 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking more than $3 billion worth of industrial projects that are presently under construction in Wyoming. The Power Industry represents the bulk of the spending thanks to some large wind and solar projects, but the state's industrial activity varies, including Metals & Minerals and Industrial Manufacturing projects in addition to those in other sectors.
Outside of the massive Sierra Madre/Chokecherry wind project that remains in development to help supply the renewable energy needs of Las Vegas and Southern California, some quite substantial wind projects are underway in the state, including the construction of Invenergy's (Chicago, Illinois) Rock Creek Wind Energy Center near Arlington, about 90 miles northeast of Cheyenne. The project is being developed in phases, with Phase I including the construction of 36 turbines, each rated at 5.3 megawatts (MW) to supply 190.8 MW of power. This phase is expected to be completed by the end of 2024. A second phase will add 398 MW of generation and is planned to be completed in 2025, although there have been supply-chain issues involving the turbines. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can learn more by viewing the project reports for Phase I and Phase II.
While some developers are taking advantage of Wyoming's wind resources, others are adding solar power to the state's energy mix. Southern Power Company, a division of Southern Company (NYSE:SO) (Atlanta, Georgia), is underway with its grassroot South Cheyenne photovoltaic solar plant in Laramie County, home to state capital Cheyenne. Construction kicked off a few months ago and will entail placing more than 256,000 photovoltaic panels that will operate on a single-axis tracking system. When completed toward the end of next summer, the facility will have a nameplate generation capacity of 150 MW. Hanwha QCells (Seoul, South Korea) is both supplying the solar panels and providing engineering, construction and procurement services on the project. Subscribers can click here for more details.
The power from the South Cheyenne solar farm will help supply residential and industrial development in Cheyenne, where a new data center from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) (Redmond, Washington) is nearing completion. The data center is being constructed on a 60.5-acre site in a business park and consists of a single story with a 240,000-square-foot footprint, requiring approximately 59 MW of power. The facility will support regional demand for Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can click here for more details on the project.
About 290 miles north of Cheyenne, the first stage to reopen an idled uranium mine has begun in Oshoto. The facility has been shuttered since 2019, but earlier this year, Strata Energy Incorporated (Oshoto) began upgrading the mine to use a low-pH in-situ recovery method by reconfiguring the ion-exchange section of the plant. While the plant is licensed to produce up to 3 million pounds of uranium per year, its capacity will be about 820,000 pounds per year. The project is expected to be completed toward the end of 2024. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for more information.
In Rock Springs, in the southeastern portion of the state, The J.R. Simplot Company (Boise, Idaho) is underway with a project at a phosphates plant to enable the better management of hazardous wastes. Specifically, the project will bring the plant into compliance for the treating, storing and disposal of hazardous wastes generated during the cleaning of phosphoric acid, super phosphoric acid and fertilizer plant equipment, and wastewater generated from the scrubbers used to control air pollution. The project kicked off in 2022 and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Chemical Processing Project Database can click here for more details.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Outside of the massive Sierra Madre/Chokecherry wind project that remains in development to help supply the renewable energy needs of Las Vegas and Southern California, some quite substantial wind projects are underway in the state, including the construction of Invenergy's (Chicago, Illinois) Rock Creek Wind Energy Center near Arlington, about 90 miles northeast of Cheyenne. The project is being developed in phases, with Phase I including the construction of 36 turbines, each rated at 5.3 megawatts (MW) to supply 190.8 MW of power. This phase is expected to be completed by the end of 2024. A second phase will add 398 MW of generation and is planned to be completed in 2025, although there have been supply-chain issues involving the turbines. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can learn more by viewing the project reports for Phase I and Phase II.
While some developers are taking advantage of Wyoming's wind resources, others are adding solar power to the state's energy mix. Southern Power Company, a division of Southern Company (NYSE:SO) (Atlanta, Georgia), is underway with its grassroot South Cheyenne photovoltaic solar plant in Laramie County, home to state capital Cheyenne. Construction kicked off a few months ago and will entail placing more than 256,000 photovoltaic panels that will operate on a single-axis tracking system. When completed toward the end of next summer, the facility will have a nameplate generation capacity of 150 MW. Hanwha QCells (Seoul, South Korea) is both supplying the solar panels and providing engineering, construction and procurement services on the project. Subscribers can click here for more details.
The power from the South Cheyenne solar farm will help supply residential and industrial development in Cheyenne, where a new data center from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) (Redmond, Washington) is nearing completion. The data center is being constructed on a 60.5-acre site in a business park and consists of a single story with a 240,000-square-foot footprint, requiring approximately 59 MW of power. The facility will support regional demand for Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can click here for more details on the project.
About 290 miles north of Cheyenne, the first stage to reopen an idled uranium mine has begun in Oshoto. The facility has been shuttered since 2019, but earlier this year, Strata Energy Incorporated (Oshoto) began upgrading the mine to use a low-pH in-situ recovery method by reconfiguring the ion-exchange section of the plant. While the plant is licensed to produce up to 3 million pounds of uranium per year, its capacity will be about 820,000 pounds per year. The project is expected to be completed toward the end of 2024. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for more information.
In Rock Springs, in the southeastern portion of the state, The J.R. Simplot Company (Boise, Idaho) is underway with a project at a phosphates plant to enable the better management of hazardous wastes. Specifically, the project will bring the plant into compliance for the treating, storing and disposal of hazardous wastes generated during the cleaning of phosphoric acid, super phosphoric acid and fertilizer plant equipment, and wastewater generated from the scrubbers used to control air pollution. The project kicked off in 2022 and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Chemical Processing Project Database can click here for more details.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
