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Carbon County, Wyoming

Carbon County, Wyoming has 25 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 19 operating plants totaling 2 GW and 6 planned projects totaling 4 GW. No data center record lists the county. Wind leads with 5.9 GW across 15 projects. 1 planned project is past its listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: PacifiCorp EastRefreshed monthly
25
power projects, planned and operating
4GW
planned generation, 6 projects
2GW
operating generation, 19 projects
1
planned project past its listed in-service date
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Carbon County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Natrona no data centers Converse 1.5 GW Albany no data centers Sweetwater no data centers Fremont no data centers Carbon no data centers
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
1.9times

more planned than operating generation in Carbon County. 6 projects in the queue would add 4 GW to the 2 GW operating today, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.

Operating generation2 GW
Planned generation4 GW

Technology mix

25 projects, 6 GW planned and operating

Wind5.9 GW15 projects, 98%
Hydro87.6 MW6 projects, 1%
Natural Gas3.9 MW3 projects, 0%
One other technology1.1 MW1 project, 0%
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Power generation in the county

19 plants operate inside Carbon County, 2 GW. The queue adds 4 GW across 6 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.

Figure 1

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Carbon County

OperatingPlanned
WindOperating 1.9 GW 9 projects
WindPlanned 4 GW 6 projects
HydroOperating 87.6 MW 6 projects
Natural GasOperating 3.9 MW 3 projects
OilOperating 1.1 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
WindOperating91,944.6
WindPlanned63,956.6
HydroOperating687.6
Natural GasOperating33.9
OilOperating11.1
Operating: 2 GW. Planned: 4 GW. If every planned project is built, county generation would reach 6 GW.
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026.
Figure 2

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
05001k1.5k2k Snapshot year 400 2025 2026 2027 6 2028 2029 2030 1,694 2031 1,303 2032 554 2033
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20251400
202600
202700
202816.1
202900
203000
203121,693.8
203211,303.2
20331553.5
1 project, 400 MW, was due before 2026

Carbon County against its neighbors

Converse County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.5 GW. 5 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Converse County 1
1,500
2,401
998 0.62x
Sweetwater County 0
0
2,501
0 0x
Carbon County this page 0
0
2,037
3,957 0x
Albany County 0
0
487
1,308 0x
Natrona County 0
0
250
0 0x
Fremont County 0
0
31
0 0x

Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

4 projects in Carbon County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
4
slipped their in-service date, 3.6 GW

Every change in Carbon County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 4 changes.

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County: Carbon County, WYSince June 4, 2026 4 changes
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Every record in Carbon County

Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 25 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Carbon County, WYStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 25 records
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