Betsy Blaney, Associated Press Writer, - Billionaire T. Boone Pickens is planning to cash in on the wind energy boom by building the world's largest wind farm in West Texas.
The oil tycoon wants to install large wind turbines in parts of four Panhandle counties in a project that would produce up to 4,000 megawatts of electricity, Pickens spokesman Mike Boswell said Wednesday. The farm would have as many as 2,000 wind turbines, and some would be large enough to generate 2.5 megawatts each. . . . continued
good for him! Come on you other billionaires, chip in to save the planet, and grow wealthier doing it.
Gates and Branson are supporting fuel farming and palm oil plantations. Disastrous mistakes. Wake up!
Posted by: amazingdrx | June 17, 2007 at 04:39 PM
At this rate, wind energy will grow at a much faster rate than the exixting plans of AWEA.
Posted by: Chandranshu Pandya | June 18, 2007 at 05:26 AM
Right on Chandra, AWEA still spreads the anti-wind talking point that only 20% of the grid can come from wind due to variability. I think maybe GE picks their board?
Latest computer studies of only 8 wind sites says 95% can come from wind with very little storage. Why? The wind hardly ever stops everywhere at once.
With 50 square miles of pumped hydroelectric storage, 100% of grid power could come from wind. That's a resevoir 7.2 miles on each side. Use a few of those open pit mine holes. That would make sure no more open pit or underground coal mining will ever be needed.
Posted by: amazingdrx | June 18, 2007 at 10:06 AM
He is a nutjob... but at least he's using his insanity to do something reasonable. Why he wouldn't use modern 3-4 MW turbines, I don't understand... it's only money.
Posted by: Chad | June 18, 2007 at 12:30 PM