Chokecherry And Sierra Madre Energy Project Could Be Largest Wind Farm In The U.S.

October 12, 2012 08:28 am

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From Mother Nature Network's Russell McLendon:

A proposed wind farm in southern Wyoming may soon become the largest of its kind anywhere in North America, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who authorized the project Tuesday during a visit to Cheyenne.

The Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project would include up to 1,000 wind turbines that could generate an estimated 3,000 megawatts, or enough to power nearly 1 million homes, Salazar told a crowd at Laramie County Community College. Salazar's approval is needed because most of the 220,000-acre project is on federal land — and, combined with previously approved projects, it also fulfills a promise President Obama made in this year's State of the Union speech.