Wind Farm

E.ON Unveils World's Largest Wind Farm

Ariel Schwartz — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:05:25 -0400

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.

Forget Global Warming; Could Wind Farms Affect the Weather?

Ariel Schwartz — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:45:10 -0400

Everyone (well, mostly everyone) is worried about the effects of climate change on global weather patterns. But what if wind power--one of the most prominent clean energy solutions--affects the weather too? According to scientists at the University of Maryland, large wind farms could potentially change the weather patterns of areas downwind. And that could lead to a whole new kind of NIMBYism.

Pickens Drops Wind Plan, Cites Transmission Costs

Anya Kamenetz — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:53:05 -0400

T. Boone Pickens has dropped his much-ballyhooed plan, chronicled in our pages, to build the world's largest wind farm, in favor of a handful of smaller wind farms scattered around the Midwest.

Sweden Aims to Build Europe's Largest Wind Farm-but It's Still a Breeze Compared to Texas

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:53:37 -0400

The country that unleashed ABBA, IKEA and H&M on the world is gearing up to impress us once again--this time with Europe's largest wind farm. Swedish company Markbygden Vind AB wants to build 1,101 wind turbines in the northern town of Markbygden at a cost of 55 billion kronor ($6.9 billion). If the wind farm is completed, it will produce 8 to 10 terawatt hours of power each year.

Let’s Hear it For T. Boone Pickens

Rip Empson — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:05:56 -0400

If you have cable TV, you’ve probably seen the new “energy awareness” commercial, paid-for and narrated-by T. Boone Pickens. For those of you who haven’t laid your eyes on this, watch it here.

Texas Oil Tycoon Tackles Renewable Energy

David Case — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:10:57 -0400

As you alight from the elevator, you see, at the end of a long, paneled corridor, a huge Wilson Hurley painting of a Mars sunset bleeding from rust to black; in one corner soars NASA's Mariner 4 spacecraft "on its way to oblivion," according to the caption.