Texas is the undisputed leader in wind power production in United States, with a total with a total installed wind power capacity of 9,410 MW, at the end of 2009.The largest wind farm in Texas is the Roscoe Wind Farm with the output of 781 MW. This is also the largest wind farm in the world. In fact, the six largest wind farms in the US are all located in Texas.
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Texas' wind generation potential is at 6,527,850 gigawatt-hours per year.
If Texas were to use its entire wind energy potential it could install 1,901,530 MW of wind turbines.
West Texas has become particularly famous for generating wind power, and at this moment there are 2,000 wind turbines in West Texas alone.
In 2009, wind energy provided 6.3 percent of generation for the Texas power grid.
In 2009 Texas added 2,292 new megawatts to its total wind power capacity.
Wind energy industry is currently responsible for approximately 10000 green jobs in Texas.
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