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Austin Energy will purchase the power produced by Hackberry, moving the City of Austin closer to its goal of securing 30% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
The Shackelford County site, 30 miles northeast of Abilene Texas, consists of 72 Siemens wind turbines that produce 166 megawatts (MW) of energy, enough to power 39,000 average Texas homes.
Construction began in January 2008 and was completed in less than a year.
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