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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 12 > Pickens halts ambitious wind farm

Pickens halts ambitious wind farm

By Kate Galbraith / The Bulletin
July 12, 2009

In a sign of the difficulties facing the development of wind energy, the legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens is suspending plans to build the world’s largest wind farm.

Over the near term, Pickens instead plans to build three or four smaller wind farms, at a cost of some $2....

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