A mix of international companies has committed to spend more than $3.3 billion constructing wind farms in the Texas Panhandle in the next two years, effectively doubling the region’s production capacity. According to the Amarillo Globe-News, the Panhandle currently has the capability of producing 1,500 megawatts of wind energy, with an estimated increase of 1,644 megawatts after the new projects are completed. Meanwhile, Cross Texas Transmission and Sharyland Utilities are almost finished with their construction project of transmission lines capable of transporting electricity from the Panhandle as far as Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston.
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