Jul 10 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Texas oil tycoon and clean-energy pitchman T.Boone Pickens might be looking to develop a wind farm in Wisconsin, now that his proposal for the largest wind farm in the world is on hold.

Pickens said this week that he was backing off a plan to build a 657-turbine wind farm on the Texas Panhandle. Later, he said the project wasn't canceled, only delayed a few years. But with his turbines already on order, Pickens told the Dallas Morning News that he's exploring the possibility of developing smaller projects around the country.

He said Wisconsin was one of the states he would consider for a project.

The largest wind farm operating in Wisconsin, the Blue Sky Green Field wind farm built by We Energies, has 88 turbines.

-- Thomas Content

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