West Wind Energy is a wind development company with one currently active project in southeastern Wyoming. It is our goal to foster communities to bring renewable energy development into regions where such resources are under utilized. We're one of many partners and competitors working to create a renewable energy environment in the United States and the world.

2009 is at a close and we've got a new blog entry to wrap up the year. 2010 will likely be as full of surprises as 2009.

It's still all about finding a place to send the energy.  We have the resource pretty well identified.  Transmission is the key remaining hurdle to bring our project to life.

LS Power has recently purchased the WCI project going from Wheatland to Pawnee in Colorado which is great news for development in the area.  The Trans-Elect team has brought a lot of value to that project, and we are happy to see them take on a larger partner to bring the line to reality.

There is also talk of an extension to another LS power project that runs from Las Vegas to Idaho that would bring a new line directly to Chugwater.  This one is certainly much earlier in the planning stages than the WCI line, but it would be a terrific resource for our project as well as other developers in the area.  We will be watching it closely.

• Watch for developments in transmission in SE Wyoming.