Comments on: The Debt Markets Cramped T. Boone's Wind Plan

By: T. Boone’s Wind Plans Blow Into Minnesota

T. Boone’s Wind Plans Blow Into Minnesota — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:01:36 +0000

[...] Pickens with the wind turbines and then cut him a deal to halve the order when his plan hit rocky financial ground. According to local media, Pickens Mesa Power has created a joint venture with GE, called American [...]

By: Debt

Debt — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:30:43 +0000

I wonder if average consumers will have to pay high taxes just as with oil.

By: T. Boone’s Wind Plans Halved & Headed North

T. Boone’s Wind Plans Halved & Headed North — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:01:39 +0000

[...] The high price shouldn’t come as a surprise to Pickens. Back in 2008, he said he’d be willing to spend another $2 billion building transmission lines for the Texas project (originally envisioned with a 4,000-megawatt capacity) so he wouldn’t have to wait for the state or a utility. Well, that was before the debt markets cramped his style. [...]

By: GE Building Largest Wind Farm In U.S.

GE Building Largest Wind Farm In U.S. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:48:51 +0000

[...] manufacturing is still below the levels of 2008. The most high profile of the wind farms that faced the credit crunch toward the end of 2008 was T. Boone Picken’s planned world’s largest wind farm that was [...]

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:27:57 +0000

I'll be very suprised if he truly manages to achieve this! USA tends to get what they want, regardless of the cost!

By: Whoa!: T. Boone Ditches World’s Largest Wind Farm Plan

Whoa!: T. Boone Ditches World’s Largest Wind Farm Plan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:46:54 +0000

[...] Written by Katie Fehrenbacher No Comments Posted July 7th, 2009 at 10:45 am in Energy After the difficult debt markets put a cramp in hedge fund manager T. Boone Pickens’ plans to build the world’s largest wind [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:21:34 +0000

I thought this post was really good and I found this YouTube video that explains why this current crisis was bound to happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50bWUrKAbwU
i am sure you will be as amazed as I was.

By: T. Boone’s Wind Farm: At Least 2-3 Years Off « Earth2Tech

T. Boone’s Wind Farm: At Least 2-3 Years Off « Earth2Tech — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:31:17 +0000

[...] Even after T. Boone Pickens’ plan to build the world’s largest wind farm in Texas got kicked by the debt markets, he tried to remain optimistic that the funding would come and his plan would only suffer a minor [...]

By: T. Boone’s Got A Case of Green Financing Anxiety

T. Boone’s Got A Case of Green Financing Anxiety — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:04:03 +0000

[...] Anxiety During an interview with hedge fund manager and wannabe-wind-developer T. Boone Pickens last month in New York, we got the impression that Pickens was hopefully optimistic that his massive wind project would be [...]

By: T. Boone’s Got A Case of Green Financing Anxiety « Earth2Tech

T. Boone’s Got A Case of Green Financing Anxiety « Earth2Tech — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:38:40 +0000

[...] Energy During an interview with hedge fund manager and wannabe-wind-developer T. Boone Pickens last month in New York, we got the impression that Pickens was hopefully optimistic that his massive wind project would be [...]

By: Massive Gulf of Maine Wind Farm Proposed | Alternative Energy News

Massive Gulf of Maine Wind Farm Proposed | Alternative Energy News — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:04:25 +0000

[...] T. Boone Pickens has decided the capital markets can’t fund his plan for a 4 GW wind farm right now, we’re wondering [...]

By: Massive Gulf of Maine Wind Farm Proposed

Massive Gulf of Maine Wind Farm Proposed — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:01:41 +0000

[...] T. Boone Pickens has decided the capital markets can’t fund his plan for a 4 GW wind farm right now, we’re wondering [...]

By: Massive Gulf of Maine Wind Farm Proposed | Eco Friendly Mag

Massive Gulf of Maine Wind Farm Proposed | Eco Friendly Mag — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:03:56 +0000

[...] T. Boone Pickens has decided the capital markets can’t fund his plan for a 4 GW wind farm right now, we’re wondering [...]

By: Massive Gulf of Maine Wind Farm Proposed « Earth2Tech

Massive Gulf of Maine Wind Farm Proposed « Earth2Tech — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:56:09 +0000

[...] Fehrenbacher No Comments Posted November 28th, 2008 at 11:55 am in Energy If T. Boone Pickens has decided the capital markets can’t fund his plan for a 4 GW wind farm right now, we’re wondering [...]

By: Young People, Energy Independence is Your Problem, Not My Problem: T. Boone Pickens | Only Hybrids

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:03:00 +0000

[...] about the future time of the wind power portion of the Pickens Plan—is Pickens selling turbines, delaying the project indefinitely, or will there only be a slight delay?—but there’s no doubt about Pickens continuing his push [...]

By: Environment News Feed » T. Boone Pickens Gets Jon Stewart All Fired Up About Clean Energy on The Daily Show

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:39:46 +0000

[...] strong leadership. And although he made no mention of the recent news that the credit squeeze had cramped the Pickens Plan, he seemed hopeful that the future of his plan was in good hands with the pending change in [...]