How much did the Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas cost to build?
The Roscoe Wind Farm is a 781.5 MW, 627-turbine wind complex spanning parts of four Texas counties about 200 miles west of Fort Worth, built by E.ON Climate and Renewables in four phases between 2007 and 2009, with the first two phases in service in September 2008 and the whole complex finished in October 2009 as the largest wind farm in the world at the time. ENR (December 2009) says it cost more than USD 1 billion and Power Technology gives a total investment of USD 1 billion.
Reported project cost
$1 billion
Cost basis: 2009
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2009
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- PowerEngineering News-Record
- 781.5 MW
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