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SPI wind farm looks years away at the earliest
So far, talk of wind farms off South Padre Island has been just that: wind.
However, giant turbines offshore may be closer to reality now that the state has awarded leases to two companies studying their feasibility along the Texas coast. One is Baryonyx Corporation, which in July signed a contract with the Texas General Land Office to lease 8,000 onshore acres in Dallam County in the Texas panhandle and 38,000 acres off South Padre Island and Mustang Island.
December 14, 2009
by Steve Clark
in The Brownsville Herald
So far, talk of wind farms off South Padre Island has been just that: wind.
However, giant turbines offshore may be closer to reality now that the state has awarded leases to two companies studying their feasibility along the Texas coast. One is Baryonyx Corporation, which in July signed a contract with the Texas General Land Office to lease 8,000 onshore acres in Dallam County in the Texas panhandle and 38,000 acres off South Padre Island and Mustang Island. The company is headquartered in Houston, though its officers and directors are based in the United Kingdom.
Baryonyx's plan is to develop... [continue via Web link]
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