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Solar permitting — Sweetwater County, Wyoming

FIPS 56037

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Sweetwater County, WY
Risk score 49/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: ModerateSolar ordinance on fileTrajectory: StableSaturation: Moderate

Industrial county with some diversification interest; good solar resource; CUP framework exists; trona mining. Permitting: Sweetwater County: CUP/SUP for smaller projects. Wyoming ISC Site Permit for large facilit. Track

Key driver: Industrial county with some diversification interest; good solar resource; CUP framework exists; trona mining dominant

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

Sweetwater County: CUP/SUP for smaller projects. Wyoming ISC Site Permit for large facilities.

Setbacks & buffers

Sweetwater County: setbacks per county permit requirements. 174 Power Global: 100 MW on private land near Green River. BLM Sweetwater Field Office: project area includes BLM-administered federal land (~4,166 acres) and private land (~5,508 acres) per BLM RAC meeting notes 2024.

Spacing requirements

None codified.

Size restrictions

None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions

Penalties & bonding

No penalties or adjustments. Standard CUP/SUP process.

State-level permits & approvals

County zoning; WDEQ

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State policy & grid context

State RPS & clean energy policy

No binding RPS | None | Wyoming has no state-mandated RPS

State incentive programs

Federal ITC only

Grid & interconnection

WECC / PacifiCorp

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Battery storage (BESS) P1 State-Default Permitting

No standalone county BESS ordinance confirmed.

Local BESS ordinances & bylaws

County-level battery-storage status, safety requirements, and projects — each linked to a primary source.

Community opposition P1

No organized opposition on record for this county yet — no petition, group, or oppositional coverage tracked. Absence of opposition is a positive siting signal.

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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1

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State PSC dockets P1

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Sentiment rollup P2

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Local news P3

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Data sources: public agendas/minutes from local government sites; PSC dockets from state regulators; news from GDELT and curated RSS; sentiment derived from public meeting transcripts. Last refreshed 2026-07-23. See the county risk scorecard or the full Wyoming permitting index.