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China to supply turbines and funding for $1.5bn Texas wind farm

Yvonne Chan

30 October 2009 • 2 min read

600MW utility-scale wind farm to be among the largest in the US

A Sino-US consortium yesterday announced plans for a US$1.5bn, 600MW wind farm in Texas, with China supplying all the turbines and most of the funding. The 36,000-acre wind farm, set to be one of...

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