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Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm

662.5MW

Located in central Texas , the Capricorn Ridge wind farm has a total of 407 units . Sixty-five of these are supplied by Siemens Gamesa and have a capacity of 2.3MW , while the remainder are supplied by General Electric and have a capacity of 1.5MW . The facility , which claims to be able to cut 952,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year , has seen investment from big-name companies GE Energy Financial Services and JPMorgan Chase .

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Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center

735.5MW

Located in Central Texas , the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center spans across 47,000 acres . It was constructed in phases which saw involvement from several energy companies , including Blattner Energy , InvestEnergyGroup , NextEra and Tetra-Tech . The facility is now made up of 421 wind turbines in total , comprising 291 GE 1.5MW turbines and 139 2.3MW Siemens Gamesa turbines .
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