US government OKs first phase of 3GW Wyoming wind project

The US government has issued key approvals for the first 500-turbine phase of billionaire Philip Anschutz’s Chokecherry and Sierra Madre (CCSM), in a huge boost for North America’s largest proposed wind project.

The 3GW CCSM and the associated TransWest Express transmission project, both backed by units of the Denver-based Anschutz Corp., have been held up for years by slow-moving federal environmental reviews.

But