11,000 Acres for Energy Farm

Article: Co. Leases 11,000 Acres for Energy Farm, Associated Press, October 24, 2005.
Texas, being second in the nation in producing electricity generated form land based turbines, will be building 50 wind turbines that are expected to give off 150 megawatts of electricity to power approximately 40,000 homes. Total estimated cost of this project is $300 million, and will be undertook seven miles off Galveston Island, Texas by Galveston Offshore Wind Company.
Galveston Offshore Wind Company also received permits from the Army Corps of Engineers to build two towers with which to collect wind data in order to determine where additional towers should be built. The money received by Texas for this production that is scheduled to occur between 2010 and 2012 is said to go to a fund that pays for schools within the state of Texas.
California and Texas are the two highest ranking sources of land based wind turbines and generated electricity in the Nation.

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