Texas, the national leader in wind power, has approved what is being described as the nation’s largest wind power project. From the Globe:

Texas officials gave preliminary approval yesterday to the nation’s largest wind-power project, a plan to build billions of dollars worth of new transmission lines to bring wind energy from gusty West Texas to urban areas.

Texas is already the national leader in wind power, and supporters say yesterday’s move by the Public Utility Commission will make the Lone Star State a leader in moving energy to the urban areas that consume it.

“We will add more wind than the 14 states following Texas combined,” said PUC Commissioner Paul Hudson. “I think that’s a very extraordinary achievement. Some think we haven’t gone far enough, some think we’ve pushed too far.”

Texas will increase wind generation from 5,000 megawatts to about 18,000 megawatts. Good job Texas.