New wind power plant under construction in Throckmorton County

Lynn Walker

Throckmorton County is rapidly becoming site of a new wind farm.

Enel Green Power, an Italy-based company, started construction on the Azure Sky wind  and storage project.

The company says the project will create over 350 temporary construction jobs and 18 to 20 permanent full-time positions when the 79 big turbines are operating in the first half of 2022.

Enel said the wind farm will generate more than over $57 million in tax revenue and over $74 million in new income for landowners over its lifespan. “Azure Sky Wind will provide a …

Map: Where Texas lost power generation during winter storms

By Joshua Mann

More electricity generation dropped from the power grid in Harris County than in any other Texas county during the February freeze.

Generation outages in Harris County totaled 139.26 gigawatt hours from Feb. 14 through Feb. 19, according to preliminary data published by the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas. That number doesn’t include outages that began before Feb. 14, nor does it include the impact of outages after Feb. 19. …