Pickens takes Texan turbine dream north

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Having seen his plans struggle in the Lone Star state, oil magnate T Boone Pickens is reportedly poised to revive ambitious wind energy project in Minnesota

US oil magnate T Boone Pickens may have found another home for his mammoth wind farm project, following his failure to get the ambitious plans off the ground in Texas. Pickens, who postponed his original...

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