Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2021

TerraPower and PacifiCorp announced efforts to advance a Natrium reactor demonstration project at a retiring coal plant in Wyoming. The Natrium technology has a 345MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt-based integrated energy storage system that will provide clean, flexible energy and stability for the grid.

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Baua Electric

MAY 28, 2024

Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com Wyoming just approved its largest solar farm – 771 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar plus battery storage. Both solar farms combined will be able to power 771,000 homes – three times the number of homes in Wyoming. Read more: Wyoming is the No. Get started here. –ad*

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. grids demands public scrutiny and accountability. Many Lines, Stable Power High-voltage transmission lines move large amounts of energy over long distances, linking power generation to consumption.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2022

SK Group is among South Korea’s largest energy providers and the second-largest conglomerate. This fundraise enhances TerraPower’s work in advanced nuclear energy technologies and nuclear medicine. The fundraise was co-led by SK Inc. and SK Innovation (collectively, SK) and TerraPower’s founder Bill Gates. SK invested $250 million.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of the American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, a $4-million competition designed to advance technologies and techniques to support direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines. University of Wyoming – Bruce Parkinson’s Team.

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Plug in America

APRIL 24, 2024

The benefits that Tribal communities bring to the clean transportation movement are not limited to access to EVs and EV charging infrastructure alone. Tribal innovation is also coming from the electrical grid. This has been particularly important given Wyoming’s overall hesitance toward EV charging infrastructure deployment.

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

Clean electricity makes a difference. In Norway , which is the world leader in renewable energy use, 45% of electricity comes from hydropower, while Brazil in second place gets 32% of its total energy supply from biofuel and waste energy. Fleet electrification requires planning and energy management.

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