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Pickens considering Kansas for part of his wind farm
July 7, 2009
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A new crop in Kansas
Poised as the third best state in the country for wind power and on the cusp of a renewable energy revolution, Kansas has the potential to be at the epicenter of the wind industry.
Dallas — T. Boone Pickens is setting his wind farm sites on the Midwest, and possibly Kansas.
The Texas oilman has called off his plan to build the world’s largest wind farm in Pampa, Texas. He says instead he’ll build a few smaller wind farms in the Midwest, but he has not chosen the sites.
Pickens said he’s considering sites in Kansas, Wisconsin, Oklahoma and Texas.
He said he called off the plan for the Pampa site in part because of a lack of transmission lines.
Pickens hosted a town hall meeting in Lawrence in April to showcase his “Pickens Plan,” which aims to reduce the nation’s dependency on foreign oil.
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7 July 2009
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hujiko (Anonymous) says…
“He said he called off the plan for the Pampa site in part because of a lack of a transmission lines.”
Hey, Jonathan, you may want to reword this sentence.
8 July 2009
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cybold (Anonymous) says…
Curiously, Republican legislators in Kansas are opposed to farmers using wind turbines but will probably have no problem with helping T. Boone Pickens build major wind farms in our State. Even though these Republicans seem to hate small business, they obviously love big business, especially outsiders.
The Republican bias against small business was evidenced by their last-minute gutting of provisions in the recent bill signed by Governor Parkinson. Clearly, by their vote, our Republican representatives and senators abhor the idea of small business, farmers and individuals making their own electricity.
Our anti-small-business Republican legislators are doing all they can to keep us all dependent on the big utility and coal companies. Our anti-small-business Republicans will no doubt be impressed by T. Boone's money and allow him take advantage of wind energy in a big way. It is too bad our so-called Republican representatives only look for ways to make money for big out-of-state interests and this always seems to be at the expense of local small business.
8 July 2009
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HMcMellon (Anonymous) says…
I was shocked that Tom Sloan voted for that bill, especially after promising everyone that he supported a compromise that would have allowed net metering, a better grid and policies that would encourage more locally-owned wind farms. Instead, he voted for a bill that made it worse for Kansans who want to sell wind energy to the electric companies, not better. Did Sloan even read the bill before he voted for it? Did he know about all the middle-of-the-night changes that Sunflower stuck in there? If he did, he should resign and go to work for Sunflower. If he didn't know about these corrupt shenanigans by Sunflower, he should lead the charge to kick them out of the State as punishment for playing the legislature and governor for complete fools.