Energy Matching Funds is a grant from the Wyoming Energy Authority that funds innovative energy research, demonstration, and pilot projects that advance Wyoming's leadership in domestic energy production and sustainability. The program requires projects to secure at least 50% in matching private or federal funds, and prioritizes transformative energy technologies that balance reliability and affordability.

Both public and private entities — including individuals, businesses, and organizations — are eligible to apply. The Wyoming Legislature has appropriated $155 million since 2022, with an additional $50 million added in 2023. No current deadline is listed.

Energy Matching Funds - Wyoming Energy Authority The Energy Matching Funds (EMF) intend to spur innovation and bring transformative energy projects to Wyoming, leading the way to provide the nation with the energy it requires, solving sustainability issues without deteriorating reliability and affordability.

Since 2022, the Wyoming Legislature has appropriated $155 million to the Office of the Governor to provide matching funds for private or federal funding for research, demonstration, pilot projects or commercial deployment projects related to Wyoming energy needs including, but not limited to, carbon capture utilization and storage, carbon dioxide transportation, industrial carbon capture, coal refinery, and hydrogen production, transportation, storage, hydrogen hub development, biomass, biochar, hydropower, lithium, processing and separation, battery storage or wind and solar energy.

The Governor delegated the management of the EMF to the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) in an effort to leverage Wyoming-based projects that are applying for federal funding. The Legislature made an additional $50 million available in 2023, including provisions and notice requirements. Download an overview of EMF history and funding here.

The program is open to individuals and organizations, both public and private, seeking matching funds to meet the purposes of EMF. For full EMF guidelines, click the button below. Successful projects will: Address desired actions and outcomes of the project, namely, if the project is directly related to Wyoming’s energy needs.

Have at least 50% matching funds for the project, either private or federal. Provide a public benefit for Wyoming. Significantly advance research or commercial deployment of projects that benefit Wyoming.

Demonstrate the ability to successfully execute the project. Proposal and Funding Protocol The EMF project review process includes an initial concept paper, followed by an invitation to submit a formal proposal.

The project proposal then goes to the Review Committee – comprised of the Executive Director of the WEA, a designee from the Governor’s Office, the Director of the Department of Workforce Services, the State Geologist and the CEO of the Wyoming Business Council. If projects are recommended to proceed, a ten-day public comment period opens.

All comments are reviewed and considered in the final decision for awarding Energy Matching Funds; however, individual responses are not provided. Finally, the project proposal then goes to the Attorney General’s office and then the Governor for final approval.

This public process ensures that each project awarded has been thoroughly considered by multiple parties, including an invitation to members of the public to weigh in on projects. Please read the full Energy Matching Funds guidelines and information packet for more information regarding eligibility, guidelines, and submission requirements. Questions can be submitted via email to wea@wyo.

gov . The questions and answers will be added to this spreadsheet , which will be updated regularly. Energy Matching Funds continuously accepts concept papers.

However, the review process takes place three times a year. Concept papers will be accepted until 5:00 PM Mountain Time on March 1, July 1, and November 1. If the submission deadline occurs on a weekend or Wyoming public holiday, submissions will be accepted until 5:00 PM Mountain Time on the next regular work day.

Concept papers can be submitted at any time prior to submission deadlines. Recommended Projects and Public Comment Large Project Energy Matching Funds All comments are reviewed and considered in the final decision for awarding Large Project Energy Matching Funds; however, individual responses are not provided. Please provide public comment by submitting an email to wea@wyo.

gov . Scroll to the right on the tables to view additional information on each project. TRISO Fuel Fabrication Facility in Wyoming BWX Technologies, Inc. $100,000,000 $473,602,061 Read Summary Awarded December 2025 BWXT One Pager and Comments The following projects have been recommended and are open for public comment.

Public Comment will close Saturday, October 18. All comments are reviewed and considered in the final decision for awarding Energy Matching Funds; however, individual responses are not provided. Please provide public comment by submitting an email to wea@wyo.

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Basin Electric Power Cooperative Dry Fork Station Unit 2 Feed Study Recommended Award: $4,000,000 Contango Resources Big Horn Basin CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study Recommended Award: $343,005 University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources Wyoming Integrated Test Center Enhancement Funding Recommended Award: $5,500,000 The following are projects that have been recommended and are open for public comment, or have previously been approved.

All comments are reviewed and considered in the final decision for awarding Energy Matching Funds; however, individual responses are not provided. Please provide public comment by submitting an email to wea@wyo. gov .

Innovative Dispatchable Power from Wyoming's Coal and Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Carbon GeoCapture, Black Hills Energy and Black & Veatch $4,950,000 $4,950,000 Read Summary Awarded February 2026 Integrated Science and Completion Strategies to Accelerate Mowry Shale Development in Wyoming University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources $480,400 $7,519,600 Read Summary Awarded February 2026 Wyoming Rare Earths Peabody Energy Corporation $6,250,000 $6,250,000 Read Summary Awarded February 2026 Dry Fork Station Unit 2 Feed Study Basin Electric Power Cooperative $4,000,000 $4,000,000 Read Summary Awarded October 2025 Big Horn Basin CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study Contango Resources $343,005 $343,005 Read Summary Awarded October 2025 Wyoming Integrated Test Center Enhancement Funding University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources $5,500,000 $16,118,659 Read Summary Awarded October 2025 Reshoring Magnesium Metal for Critical Energy Applications Big Blue Technologies $1,500,000 $1,500,000 Read Summary Awarded July 2025 Advancing Wyoming’s Future, Critical Mineral Exploration in the Seminoe Mountains Relevant Gold $226,533 $295,764 Read Summary Awarded July 2025 Project Liberate: Advancing Commercialization of High-Pressure Slurry Ablation Equipment in Wyoming Disa Technologies, Inc $8,516,625 $8,516,625 Read Summary Awarded May 2025 X Oil NGL EOR Pilot X Oil Development, LLC $2,000,000 $2,170,000 Read Summary Awarded May 2025 Assessment, Characterization and Planning for Carbon Ore and Critical Minerals/Materials Resources Utilization in the Rocky Mountain Region UW School of Energy Resources $500,000 $2,074,095 Read Summary Awarded May 2025 Great Plains and Interior Highlands CORE-CM: Developing a Nexus of Carbon Ore & Critical Mineral Resources, Technology Innovation and Communities of the Future UW School of Energy Resources $1,000,000 $9,176,484 Read Summary Awarded May 2025 Steamboat Carbon Storage Hub Meriden Carbon $2,758,704 $9,491,296 Read Summary Awarded May 2025 Wyoming CORE (Carbon Ore Rare Earth) Mine Project Ramaco Resources, Inc $6,098,969 $115,112,607 Read Summary Awarded May 2025 CANCELED - Uranium mine units at Lost Creek Mine KMX Technologies, Inc $543,543 $543,543 Read Summary Awarded May 2025 - Project Canceled Allam-Fetvedt Cycle with Inherent Carbon Capture 8 Rivers $1,500,000 $1,500,000 Read Summary Awarded March 2025 HF Sinclair’s Fuel Production Enhancement and Technology Upgrade Project HF Sinclair $4,700,000 $12,800,000 Read Summary Awarded March 2025 Jim Bridger Carbon Capture Front-End Engineering Design Study PacifiCorp $6,278,075 $6,278,075 Read Summary Awarded March 2025 Dry Piney Helium & Carbon Sequestration Project Blue Spruce Operating $6,000,000 $37,875,000 Read Summary Awarded November 2024 The Future of Wind Energy Modular, Scalable Utility-Scale Wind Energy at a Fraction of the Cost Airloom Energy $5,000,000 $10,000,000 Read Summary Awarded November 2024 The Oxiperator for Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Reduction in Wyoming Prabhu Energy Labs $456,450 $456,450 Read Summary Awarded November 2024 Alpha Enriched Air Enhanced Oil Recovery, Carbon Sequestration and Hydrogen Production Pilot Project ATR Partners I LLC, with Principle Petroleum $9,850,000 $9,850,000 Read Summary Awarded April 2024 BrightLoopTM – CCS Demonstration Plant: Converting Wyoming PRB Coal to Hydrogen Black Hills Energy with Wyodak Resources Development Corp. $15,995,451 $15,995,451 Read Summary Awarded January 2024 Triangle Unit Carbon Capture and Storage Project Cowboy Clean Fuels, LLC $7,792,653 $7,792,653 Read Summary Awarded January 2024 CO2 and Hydrogen Pipeline Safety: AI-Driven Leak Detection Flowstate Solutions $2,000,000 $2,000,000 Read Summary Awarded January 2024 MTR’s DOE Carbon Capture and Storage Activities at Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. $8,000,000 $78,290,543 Read Summary Awarded January 2024 Integration of Produced Water Thermal Desalination and Steam Methane Reforming for Efficient Hydrogen Production University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources $2,750,000 $7,246,153 Read Summary Awarded January 2024 The Williams Echo Springs CarbonSAFE Storage Complex Feasibility Study Williams Companies, Inc. $975,000 $10,273,258 Read Summary Awarded January 2024 Assessment of Microreactor Deployment, Applications and Development of Nuclear Microreactor Technologies and Knowhow in the State of Wyoming BWXT Advanced Technologies $9,999,802 $10,598,950 Read Summary Awarded August 2023 Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources and Frontier Carbon Solutions $9,135,000 $41,504,935 Read Summary Awarded August 2023 Large Project Energy Matching Funds The following project has been recommended and is open for public comment.

Public Comment will close Tuesday, November 25. All comments are reviewed and considered in the final decision for awarding Large Project Energy Matching Funds; however, individual responses are not provided. Please provide public comment by submitting an email to wea@wyo.

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BWX Technologies, Inc. TRISO Fuel Fabrication Facility in Wyoming Recommended Award: $100,000,000 Reshoring Magnesium Metal for Critical Energy Applications Advancing Wyoming’s Future, Critical Mineral Exploration in the Seminoe Mountains Project Liberate: Advancing Commercialization of High-Pressure Slurry Ablation Equipment in Wyoming Uranium mine units at Lost Creek Mine Steamboat Carbon Storage Hub Wyoming CORE (Carbon Ore Rare Earth) Mine Project UW School of Energy Resources Great Plains and Interior Highlands CORE-CM: Developing a Nexus of Carbon Ore & Critical Mineral Resources, Technology Innovation and Communities of the Future UW School of Energy Resources Assessment, Characterization and Planning for Carbon Ore and Critical Minerals/Materials Resources Utilization in the Rocky Mountain Region Allam-Fetvedt Cycle with Inherent Carbon Capture HF Sinclair’s Fuel Production Enhancement and Technology Upgrade Project Jim Bridger Carbon Capture Front-End Engineering Design Study The Future of Wind Energy Modular, Scalable Utility-Scale Wind Energy at a Fraction of the Cost Dry Piney Helium & Carbon Sequestration Project.

Award Recommendation The Oxiperator for Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Reduction in Wyoming ATR Partners I LLC, with Principle Petroleum Alpha Enriched Air Enhanced Oil Recovery, Carbon Sequestration and Hydrogen Production Pilot Project Black Hills Energy with Wyodak Resources Development Corp. BrightLoopTM – CCS Demonstration Plant: Converting Wyoming PRB Coal to Hydrogen Triangle Unit Carbon Capture and Storage Project CO2 and Hydrogen Pipeline Safety: AI-Driven Leak Detection Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. MTR’s DOE Carbon Capture and Storage Activities at Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources Integration of Produced Water Thermal Desalination and Steam Methane Reforming for Efficient Hydrogen Production The Williams Echo Springs CarbonSAFE Storage Complex Feasibility Study EMF will be contributing half of this amount, with the company matching the other half.

University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources and Frontier Carbon Solutions Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub BWXT Advanced Technologies Assessment of Microreactor Deployment, Applications and Development of Nuclear Microreactor Technologies and Knowhow in the State of Wyoming Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.