Dry Fork

  • Dry Fork Station, a 405-MW coal-fired power plant in Gillette, Wyoming, is at the center of separate projects to demonstrate and pilot carbon capture. Courtesy: Basin Electric Power Cooperative
    News

    POWER’s Top 10 Most-Read Stories from 2018

    There’s never a dull moment in the power industry, and like most years, 2018 was filled with many interesting developments. As it has been for more than 135 years, POWER was there to break the news. The following 10 articles were the most-read online stories of the year. #10: New York Denies Air Permit for […]

  • Dry Fork Station, a 405-MW coal-fired power plant in Gillette, Wyoming, is at the center of separate projects to demonstrate and pilot carbon capture. Courtesy: Basin Electric Power Cooperative
    Legal & Regulatory

    Dry Fork: A Model of Modern U.S. Coal Power

    Dry Fork Station began commercial operation as a swath of older, less-efficient U.S. coal plants contemplated retirement amid a flood of environmental rules. Designed with foresight, this quintessential modern

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    Coal

    Employees Safe After Tornado Hits Dry Fork Coal Plant in Wyoming

    Employees at Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s 385-MW coal-fired Dry Fork Station are all safe after a tornado touched down at the plant’s site in Gillette, Wyoming, on June 1. The company described the harrowing hour before and after the tornado hit the plant and surrounding area. Though the plant “mostly avoided damage,” employee safety protocol […]