The Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm is located in Sterling and Coke counties,

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. It is a 662.5 MW wind farm, with 342 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines and 65 2.3 MW Siemens turbines that are capable of generating enough electricity for more than 220,000 homes. The

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is built, owned and operated by a subsidiary of

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, the U.S.' largest wind energy generator. The project is part owned by

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-based Sullivan Trillian Fund Private Equity.

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The Capricorn Ridge's first phase began commercial operation in 2007 and the second phase in 2008. It is in one of Texas' Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) resource rich, high-wind areas in

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and the Texas Panhandle that will increasingly supply renewable energy to major population centers in eastern Texas via new transmission projects. The Capricorn Ridge project avoids more than 952,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year—equivalent to taking approximately 186,000 cars off the road—according to

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methodology. On 27 February 2012, GE Energy Financial Services and Lestis Private Capital Group announced that they had joined U.S. bank

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to invest $225 million in the wind farm. Capricorn Ridge Wind Warm is sponsored by Sustainable Travel International as an emissions reduction project, with proceeds from carbon offsets benefiting the project.

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