Roscoe Wind Farm, Roscoe, Texas:

The Roscoe Wind Farm occupies over 30,000 acres in the Texas “big country” 200 miles west of Dallas. Roscoe has a generation capacity of 209 megawatts of renewable wind energy, enough to power 60,000 homes and replace conventional energy production technologies that would emit 380,000 tons of greenhouse gases. Up to 400 land owners in Roscoe can expect to make between $5,000 and $15,000 per year, per turbine in land usage royalties alone, not to mention the hundreds of jobs that the Roscoe wind farm has created in the area. Community organizer and cotton farmer Cliff Etheridge puts it this way:

“We used to cuss the wind, [it] killed our crops, carried our moisture away, dried out our land. But because of the advent of the wind farms, we've had a complete 180-degree attitude change. Now, we love the wind.”

It is projects such as the Roscoe wind farm that can bring the economic and environmental benefits of clean power generation to everyone in the US. Projects on this scale, supported by the sale of certified carbon offsets, can bring windfall profits and clean energy to communities across the country.

Online date: 2/20/2008
Endorsed program: Green-e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy
Additionality tests: Timing Test, Legal and Regulatory Test, Performance and Technology Test

Forest Creek Wind Farm, Forest Creek, Texas:

The Forest Creek Wind Farm 25 miles southeast of Big Spring operates alongside expansive western Texas livestock ranches. With a capacity of 124 megawatts, the facility generates wind energy that powers more than 35,000 homes and offsets the emission of 225,000 tons of greenhouse gases. The operation of the Forest Creek facility will employ 35 full time workers for its entire lifespan, and construction of the Forest Creek and Roscoe projects will employ a maximum of 500 employees during construction. In addition, livestock ranchers will be able to supplement their income without significantly disturbing their regular operations

Online date: 12/20/2006
Endorsed program: Green-e Climate Protocol for Renewable Energy
Additionality tests: Timing Test, Legal and Regulatory Test, Performance and Technology Test