Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has put in the largest ever order for wind turbines coming in at $2 billion. Picken’s order consists of 667 wind turbines from GE, with each turbine costing $3 million. Pickens is planning to use his turbines to create the world’s largest wind farm in Texas. As if $2 billion wasn’t enough, Pickens has said that this is just the first order and is just one quarter of the total amount he plans to buy.

Pickens’ wind farm is planned to have enough capacity to supply power to over 1.2 million homes in North Texas. Each of the wind turbines will produce around 1.5 megawatts of electricity, and the first phase of the project should see 1,000 megawatts being produced – that’s enough power to supply 300,000 homes.

The first delivery from GE will be in 2010, and the turbines are expected to start producing power a year later in 2011. It is expected that the entire project will be complete in 2014 and will cost Pickens’ company, Mesa Power, a cool $10 billion. Once complete, the turbines are projected to produce 4,000 megawatts of energy.

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