At the Roscoe wind farm, the turbines range in size from about 350 to 415 feet tall, and they're generally spaced about 900 feet apart, Woodson said. The land is leased, mostly from dryland cotton farmers who continue to work the fields around them, Woodson said. Texas is the nation's leading producer of cotton, most of it from West Texas.
"It's a use that appears to be quite complimentary," Woodson said. "This whole community was extremely welcoming to us."
E.ON has facilities around the state, but it could be awhile before the company builds more huge wind farms in West Texas because of the glut of wind companies and lack of transmission lines, Woodson said. The state is planning more lines from West Texas to more heavily populated areas, but they won't be completed for at least two more years.
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About once a week, I see the giant blades being transported southbound (I-5) on oversized flatbeds.
Not sure the last time I actually heard/read the correct word (composed) used.
For those who don't get it:
The Roscoe Wind Complex is composed of 627 turbines.
THEREFORE
The Roscoe Wind Complex COMPRISES 627 turbines.
Nothing is ever "comprised of" anything.
Thanks again! ...Really.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8257153.stm
In it's way, every bit as impressive.
And
Neil, you rock. Keep trying to dumb us up brother.
Mea culpa.
I plead distraction - I've been trying to buy a new coffee maker but none available are suitable. Plenty are clever, none do what I want. I'm getting very frustrated.
We need to build more nuclear power plants, they are the only true green energy sources.
With anything that can shut down (like wind turbines when the wind drops below the minimum speed required to generate electricity), you have to have a backup source of electricity. Here in the US, that means leaving another powerplant running but not adding to the grid until needed. That's really environmental.
And if I read that article right, these turbines are up and running, but they have not built the infrastructure to get that electricity from the turbines to the customers? How damaging will these electric lines, poles, and roads (so the lines can be built and maintained) be?
And WOW to that Malawian teenager. Just shows you how much of the world is still without the internet, information and electricity.
http://mospublic.ercot.com/ercot/jsp/frequency_control.jsp