Green Options » anschutz http://greenoptions.com/tag/anschutz Posts tagged 'anschutz' Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:33:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 2,000 MW Wind Farm Will Send Power from Wyoming to Southern California http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/30/2000-mw-wind-farm-will-send-power-from-wyoming-to-southern-california/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/30/2000-mw-wind-farm-will-send-power-from-wyoming-to-southern-california/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:33:54 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/30/2000-mw-wind-farm-will-send-power-from-wyoming-to-southern-california/ vestas turbine stock photoAdd the name of Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz to the growing list of investors throwing their hats into the ring of a booming wind energy and transmission industry in the American west.

The Anschutz Corp. said Tuesday it has acquired the rights to a proposed $3 billion, 3,000-megawatt transmission project that will bring electricity from Wyoming to Southern California, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

The 900-mile TransWest Express Project will carry power from a 2,000-megawatt wind farm Anschutz is developing in south-central Wyoming, a large portion of which will be built on a ranch he has owned for about 15 years.

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