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T. Boone Pickens' wind farm plan dies out

T. Boone Pickens has spent $60 million in the last year promoting the "Pickens Plan," an idea for a giant wind farm in Texas. Now, the billionaire oil man is saying he will postpone the project for at lesat a couple of years. The first hints that things weren't going as planned came last November, when PIckens couldn't get a loan to finance the farm. Pickens made the delay official yesterday, blaming the tight financial markets and trouble distributing the energy that was to be generated. The 81-year-old Pickens was valued at $3 billion in ... Read more →

Economic woes slow down the Pickens Plan West Texas wind farm Sebastian Blanco

The tumbling economy has certainly taken its toll on automakers, ethanol producers and everyone else, pretty much. Why should T. Boone Pickens escape the downfall? He hasn't. The huge west Texas ...

California renewable energy Proposition 10 (and T. Boone Pickens) defeated Sam Abuelsamid

We heard plenty about the results of some of the various races and ballot measures around the country over the past couple of days. However, there was one ballot proposal in California that didn't get ...

Join T. Boone Pickens for an "online rally" over the energy plan tonight Sebastian Blanco

The second U.S. presidential candidate debate is tonight, and it's likely that energy policy will come up in some fashion. Central casting's best-named oil man, T. Boone Pickens, wants to make sure ...

T. Boone Pickens' wind farm plan dies out 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

T. Boone Pickens has spent $60 million in the last year promoting the "Pickens Plan," an idea for a giant wind farm in Texas. Now, the billionaire oil man is saying he will postpone the project for at lesat a couple of years. The first hints that things weren't going as planned came last November, ...

Economic woes slow down the Pickens Plan West Texas wind farm 12 months ago on Autoblog Green

The tumbling economy has certainly taken its toll on automakers, ethanol producers and everyone else, pretty much. Why should T. Boone Pickens escape the downfall? He hasn't. The huge west Texas wind farm that is part of T. Boone Pickens's new energy Plan has been delayed and now probaly won't ...

California renewable energy Proposition 10 (and T. Boone Pickens) defeated 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We heard plenty about the results of some of the various races and ballot measures around the country over the past couple of days. However, there was one ballot proposal in California that didn't get much attention outside of the state but might be of interest around these parts. Proposition 10 ...

Join T. Boone Pickens for an "online rally" over the energy plan tonight 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The second U.S. presidential candidate debate is tonight, and it's likely that energy policy will come up in some fashion. Central casting's best-named oil man, T. Boone Pickens, wants to make sure the debate starts a bigger discussion on energy use in America and so he is hosting an "online rally" ...


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