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May 15, 2008

Boone Pickens Project Buys 667 GE Wind Turbines

“We have had a great response to this project”

A renewable energy company founded by billionaire T. Boone Pickens said Thursday it's buying 667 wind turbines from General Electric Co. to start what it expects will be the world's largest wind energy project.

Mesa Power says the Pampa Wind Project will be in the Texas panhandle and will use GE turbines that can each produce 1,000 megawatts of electricity.

The project's $2 billion first phase -- one of four planned -- will make enough to power more than 300,000 average U.S. homes. When completed in 2014, it will become the world's largest wind energy project, with more than 4,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for 1.3 million homes, Mesa Power said. Read more

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Cincinnatikidd
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May 15, 2008
 
Won't make a bit of difference. The energy companies will just raise rates anyway since they won't be making as much money. They are, by the way, PROFIT companies. It's all an endless cycle. (Energy, Oil, Prices etc. etc.)
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May 16, 2008
 
each turbine can produce 1000MW of electricity!!!!! YIKES and the turbine blades are each 5 miles long!!!!
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