In May 2008, the veteran oilman-turned-clean-power-advocate announced that his company, Mesa Power, would place the turbine order worth about $2bn with GE. At the time, it was believed to be among the largest ever such deals. Delivery of the remaining turbines will begin in 2011.
“ Boone’s plans for an expansive wind farm in the Panhandle have been delayed for a number of reasons, chief of them being the lack of transmission in that region,” Jay Rosser, spokesman for Pickens, tells Recharge.
“He
