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Wind Power: Growth Curve




American Wind Energy Association issues report that shows wind generating capacity to be growing at a respectable clip. The installed base of wind generation capacity displaces millions of tons of Wind Power is growing in the U.S.carbon dioxide. ...
... "Texas accounted for nearly a third of the new wind power installed in 2006, taking over the lead from California in cumulative installed capacity. Texas hosts the world’s single largest operating wind farm, the 735-MW Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center, located in Nolan and Taylor counties. " ...

Via Compositesworld: Link

FPL owns the 220.5-megawatt Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center which uses 147 1.5-megawatt wind turbines that are arranged over 22,500 acres.  The site is 15 miles southwest of Abilene.

 

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Posted by Green Tech on January 22, 2007 08:34 PM | |





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