FastCompany RSS

t boone pickens

Peer Pressure Works on Billionaires Too

There's nothing like a little prodding from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to get the uber-rich to part with their hard-earned wealth-- or half of it, at least. READ»

T. Boone Pickens Bringing Wind Power Plans to Minnesota

Oil magnate T. Boone Pickens gave up on his ambitious plan to build the world's biggest wind farm in the Texas panhandle long ago, but he never completely lost his interest in wind power. In January, Pickens announced a plan to cut ...READ»

V-VEHICLE   |  Comment

T. Boone Pickens-Backed Auto Startup Gets Rejected by the DOE

(Possible pieces of the secretive V-Vehicle, taken from a promo video)Poor T. Boone Pickens. The oil mogul had such dreams of green grandeur--the world's biggest wind farm!--but his biggest ideas are proving too tough to work out. ...READ»

T. Boone Pickens Officially Gives Up on Texas Wind Power

We already sort of knew that former All-American oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens gave up on his plan to build the world's biggest wind farm in the Texas panhandle. Pickens said as much this past July, citing difficulties with financing ...READ»

E.ON   |  Comment

E.ON Unveils World's Largest Wind Farm

Texas is home to the world's biggest wind farm, according to officials at E.ON Climate & Renewables. The wind energy company recently put the finishing touches on its 781.8 megawatt (MW), 627-turbine facility in Roscoe, Texas. ...READ»

BARYONIX   |  Comment

Texas to Host Biggest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm, but T. Boone Pickens Isn't Involved

Move over T. Boone Pickens, your grand Texas wind farm dreams have been overtaken by energy start-up Baryonyx, which has won bids for three land leases--two offshore, and one in the Texas Panhandle--to build data centers in ...READ»

Washington State Planning World's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Project

The world's biggest solar photovoltaic project won't be in a conventionally sunny spot like Nevada or Arizona. It will be four miles north of Cle Elum, Washington, if the Teanaway Solar Reserve project goes as planned. Currently, ...READ»

T. Boone Pickens Scrapped the World's Biggest Wind Farm. Now What Happens to U.S. Wind Power?

Wind power in the U.S. appears to have taken a turn for the worse this week with T. Boone Pickens' announcement that he is scrapping plans to build the world's biggest wind farm in Texas. But according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the wind situation isn't too dire--yet. te9ju5mi2aREAD»