One of our more popular stories last week was about China taking the leadership on renewables development and overtaking the United States as the world’s largest clean energy market. We waited for an answer and it wasn’t long in coming. Who else would take the cudgels for the US but our own energy capital, the Lone Star state, Texas.
E.ON Climate and Renewables has recently announced the opening of its sprawling 781.5 megawatts wind farm in Roscoe, Texas. Billed to be the world’s largest wind farm to date, the project was completed at a cost of $1 billion and pushed through after lease negotiations with more than 300 property owners in the area. The facility sits in 100,000 acres of cotton farm land in four counties, about 220 miles west of Dallas. At peak capacity, the 627 wind turbines in the complex could generate electricity to power 230,000 homes.
E.ON Climate and Renewables has recently announced the opening of its sprawling 781.5 megawatts wind farm in Roscoe, Texas. Billed to be the world’s largest wind farm to date, the project was completed at a cost of $1 billion and pushed through after lease negotiations with more than 300 property owners in the area. The facility sits in 100,000 acres of cotton farm land in four counties, about 220 miles west of Dallas. At peak capacity, the 627 wind turbines in the complex could generate electricity to power 230,000 homes.
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