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The Hackberry Wind Project is a US $350 million
wind farm A wind farm, also called a wind park or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an exten ...
in Shackelford County, Texas. The project consists of 72 
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wind turbines A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. , hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, were generating over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each y ...
with a total capacity of 166
megawatts The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named in honor o ...
. The energy is used by residents of the City of Austin and surrounding communities, this usage is called a PPA or Power Purchase Agreement. Construction on the project began in January 2008 and was finished in December 2008, on-time and under budget.RES Americas Completes 166-MW Hackberry Wind Project
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List of wind farms Lists of wind farms include: *List of onshore wind farms *List of offshore wind farms __NOTOC__ Wind farms by country * List of wind farms in Australia * List of wind farms in Canada * List of wind farms in China * List of offshore wind farms in ...
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Wind power in the United States Wind power is a branch of the energy industry that has expanded quickly in the United States over the last several years. In 2024, 453.5 terawatt-hours were generated by wind power, or 10.54% of electricity in the United States. The average wi ...
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Wind power in Texas Wind power in Texas, a portion of total energy in Texas, consists of over 150 wind farms, which together have a total nameplate capacity of over 30,000 MW (as of 2020).


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{{Wind power in the United States Energy infrastructure completed in 2008 Wind farms in Texas Buildings and structures in Shackelford County, Texas