4 Texas rides the wind.

• Position: STATELINE - Commercial offshore wind farms - Brief article

Texas wants to become the first state with a commercial offshore wind farm. The Gulf Offshore Wind Project, five miles off the coast of South Padre Island, is scheduled to open in three years on 41,000 acres in the Gulf of Mexico and generate electricity for up to 1.8 million homes. Offshore wind farms are up and running in countries such as Denmark and Japan, but the United States has been slower to accept them, in part due to concerns...