Published in Last Word
Four energy companies will propose an $8 billion project to develop a wind farm in Wyoming to supply Los Angeles with 9.2 million megawatt hours per year.
Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy would build and operate a 2,100-megawatt wind farm near Chugwater, Wyo. Duke-American Transmission, a joint venture of Duke Energy Corp. and American Transmission Co., would build a 525-mile transmission linke linking the wind farm to a facility in Utah, where Dresser Rand Group Inc. would use air injected into underground salt caverns to store power. Magnum Energy is the fourth developer. An existing 490-mile transmission line connects th Utah facility to Los Angeles. Magnum Energy Inc. is the fourth developer.
"This project would be the 21st Century's Hoover Dam—a landmark of the clean energy revolution," said Pathfinder Managing Director Jeff Meyer.
The project would be completed in 2023.
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