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Wind Power Superhighway for West Texas

Posted on July 28, 2008

Texas likes to do everything big, including wind farms and investing in clean energy. The states has been given the thumbs up for a $4.9 billion plan to set up transmission lines to carry the wind power generated in West Texas to surrounding urban areas.The plan will account for enough lines to carry 18,000 MW a serious amount of electricity. The state currently generates 5,000 MW, so these lines will leave plenty of room for growth, which T Boone Pickens will help to fill with this own wind plan.The plan's funding is coming (in part) from the people who will benefit from the electricity ...

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pollution , reducing pollution , wind