T. Boone Pickens calls off wind power plans

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T. Boone Pickens calls off wind power plans

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 | Environment |

CNBC - T. Boone Pickens Calls Off Massive Texas Wind Farm:

Plans for the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he’s looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines. Pickens has already ordered the turbines, which can stand 400 feet tall—taller than most 30-story buildings.

“When I start receiving those turbines, I’ve got to … like I said, my garage won’t hold them,” the legendary Texas oilman said. “They’ve got to go someplace.”

In Texas, the problem lies in getting power from the proposed site in the Panhandle to a distribution system, Pickens said in an interview with The Associated Press in New York. He’d hoped to build his own transmission lines but he said there were technical problems.

Like, maybe, transmission lines are expensive and most people don’t want you building them on their property, and then there are lines losses over large distances. Remember that the next time someone talks about putting solar panels out in the middle of the desert.

Energy problems aren’t easy to solve, even for Texas billionaires.

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1 Comment to T. Boone Pickens calls off wind power plans

Vote For David
July 10, 2009

Good. That jerk was trying to get eminent domain actions put in for his own private benefit, to get the transmission lines put in. I hope he ran out of money and/or failed to get the proceedings resolved in his favor. I’m glad he’s out $2B in turbines, just for that.
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