Julie CirelliAtlantic Wind Farm in Atlantic City, the only commercial-scale wind project in the state, April 1, 2009. NRG Energy has purchased the South Trent wind farm near Sweetwater, Texas ...

Energy Thousands of Old Wind Turbine Blades Pile Up in West Texas Officials in Sweetwater say an out-of-state company has made their town a dump for the seldom-seen trash created by renewable energy.

As millions of Texans grapple with blackouts amid a winter storm, some observers have blamed frozen wind turbines for the power crisis, but state energy officials say Texas’ wind farms are a ...

S&C Electric Co. was awarded a $2.6 million contract by Sweetwater Wind to upgrade a portion of the 585 MW wind farm in Sweetwater, Texas.

Texas State Technical College wind energy technology instructor James Chung, center, helps Steven Vasquez, left, and Shayne Howard, right, during a class in Sweetwater on March 5. Wind energy ...

Texas State Technical College wind energy technology instructor James Chung, center, helps Steven Vasquez, left, and Shayne Howard, right, during a class in Sweetwater on March 5. Wind energy ...

Beginning operations in 2001, the wind farm is between Abilene and Sweetwater in West Texas and has about 100 wind turbines, which can supply power to 35,000 homes.

President Donald Trump claims that rapid adoption of solar and wind power has made U.S. electricity unstable and expensive, ...

GREEN RIVER — The Sweetwater County Commission approved a temporary halt to applications for commercial wind farms, pending changes in county rules and public meetings. The county has not met ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — The wind farms in Nolan County brought big bucks into the area, but with those turbines needing new blades after a few years, finding a place to store the old blades was ...

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2025 issue. The wind blows from two directions to the Los Vientos Wind Farm, Texas’ largest and the nation’s second largest, with 426 turbines ...

• Texas produces more wind power than any other state. • The Roscoe Wind Farm southwest of Sweetwater is the largest wind farm in the U.S., having a capacity of 781.5 megawatts with 627 ...