Big Texas Oilman Becomes Big Texas Windman

(((Texas... sometimes you just have to shake your head.
If only Bush had had enough sense to invade North Dakota, the Saudi Arabia of Wind.)))

(((In other strange news, my sometime stomping-ground of Belgrade just got pounded by violent hailstorms. That makes
Austin and Belgrade, in the same &%## spring storm season. Is Turin next for ice falling out of the sky? It's been raining on and off here for three straight days!)))

http://www.metaefficient.com/renewable-power/worlds-largest-wind-turbine-order-2-billion.html

Link: $2 Billion Wind Turbine Order Is Largest Ever | MetaEfficient.

"Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has placed an the largest ever order for wind turbines: he ordered 667 wind turbines from GE, each costing $3 million dollars, making the total order $2 billion. Pickens plans to develop the world’s largest wind farm in the panhandle of Texas.

"The $2 billion order is just one quarter of the total amount he plans to purchase. (((!))) Once built, the wind farm would have the capacity to supply power to over 1,200,000 homes in North Texas.

"Each turbine will produce 1.5 megawatts of electricity. The first phase of the project will produce 1,000 megawatts, enough energy to power 300,000 homes. GE will begin delivering the turbines in 2010, and current plans call for the project to start producing power in 2011.Ultimately, Picken’s company, Mesa Power, plans to have enough turbines to produce 4,000 megawatts of energy, the overall project is expected to cost $10 billion and be completed in 2014...."