Worlds Largest Wind Farm – Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center Aerial View

Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center Aerial View ItΓÇÖs located right here in the US ΓÇô Texas to be exact! ItΓÇÖs the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center.

Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center is the world’s largest wind farm at 735.5 megawatt (MW) capacity. It consists of 291 GE Energy 1.5 MW wind turbines and 130 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines spread over nearly 47,000 acres (190 km┬▓) of land in Taylor and Nolan County, Texas.

The first phase of the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center consisted of 213 MW and was completed in late 2005; phase two consisted of 223.5 MW and was completed in the second quarter of 2006; phase three which consisted of 299 MW, was completed by the end of 2006. ΓÇô Wikipedia

American Wind Energy Association

FPL Energy (Owners)

Click on the image below to pan and zoom around or click the following links for the Aerial or Bird’s Eye view of the Wind Farm.

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There Are 7 Responses So Far. »

  1. I am enrolled to attend “Texas State Technical College” in sweetwater, Texas for the fall-term 2009. I am curious as to the location of sweetwater to the hourse hollow wind farm. how many hrs drive from sweetwater, Texas?

  2. Go to http://www.indo.com/distance, scroll down and put FROM your County, TX TO Taylor County, TX and click search. Do the same for Noland County. You should get a distance.

  3. Hey i totaly love wind mills! :)

  4. me too! wind mills rock my world!

  5. Wind power is a good source of electricity but it also takes up lots of space just like solar power plants.’-,

  6. I have 252 acres in Reeves County and would like to see wind turbines on it. Can someone tell me who to write to, please….
    thanks,
    Pat

  7. actually it is not that hard to setup wind farms, the only problem is that it requires lots of capital investment.,–

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