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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Wyoming, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Wyoming had a total summer capacity of 10,096 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 46,017 GWh in 2022. [ 2 ]
Bellevue, Washington-based TerraPower will build its Natrium plant in Kemmerer, a southwestern Wyoming city of 2,600 where the coal-fired Naughton power plant operated by PacifiCorp subsidiary ...
CHEYENNE — Of the 54 operational nuclear power plants in the United States, only three have become operational since 1997. In June, a new plant broke ground near Kemmerer with the hope of ...
Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated. Gates was in the tiny community of Kemmerer Monday to break ground on the project. The co-founder of Microsoft is chairman of TerraPower.
Naughton Power Plant is a 400 MW coal-fired power station supplemented by 380 MW gas, [28] located on the southwest edge of Kemmerer. [29] The plant employs 230 people, and is scheduled to stop burning coal [30] in 2026, and gas in 2036. [31] In 2021, TerraPower announced it would open a sodium-cooled nuclear power plant in Kemmerer in 2028, at ...
It was announced November 16, 2021 that Kemmerer had been selected. Groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 10, 2024. [32] The power station is designed to consist of two adjacent parts: an "energy island" and a "nuclear island". Construction of a "nuclear island" is planned to begin in 2026. [32] The commercial power plant could be ...
Bill Gates at the groundbreaking for TerraPower's nuclear power plant near Kemmerer, Wyoming, in June. - Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times/Redux.
The billionaire, 68, joined a group of regular workers at Wyoming Fossils in Kemmerer on Monday for a $600 game of Texas hold ’em, a popular variation of the traditional game of poker.