# Wilbarger County Texas Wind Farm--Odell, Texas
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427
**Category:** Wilbarger County, TX
**Created:** [March 16, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427 "2013-03-16T16:57:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427/1 "2013-03-16T16:57:56Z")
Wilbarger County Texas Wind Farm–Odell, Texas
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### Author:  [@ldt](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/ldt)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427/2 "2013-03-16T17:26:04Z")
These are a couple of miles from my homeplace. Pretty neat to see them putting money into the economy.
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### Author:  [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427/3 "2013-03-16T17:37:33Z")
My brother said someone told him that 800 of these windmills will be installed between Vernon and Gainesville, Texas.
Clint Liles
ldt said:
> These are a couple of miles from my homeplace. Pretty neat to see them putting money into the economy.
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### Author:  [@ldt](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/ldt)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427/4 "2013-03-16T17:43:33Z")
I don’t have a number, but I know there are a LOT of wind farms in operation around Graham/Olney area (4 that I know of) and around Abilene.
The drawback to them is that they are one of the most expensive ways of producing electricity and I don’t know if they are viable without government subsidy.
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### Author:  [@James\_Beebe](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/James_Beebe)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427/5 "2013-03-16T22:12:22Z")
They are just across the road from my mom’s farm. Some of her cousins have a handful of them. I’d rather have an oil well, even though they are really interesting to look at, and it is terrific the boost they have given to the local economy.
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### Author:  [@ldt](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/ldt)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427/6 "2013-03-17T00:58:13Z")
Not really an either/or deal, the new Tradition Resources/Goodpasture drill site is pretty much between a couple of the generators.
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### Author:  [@Dan\_D\_Moore\_D.D.S](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Dan_D_Moore_D.D.S)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427/7 "2013-03-17T13:58:12Z")
FPL (Florida Power and Light) subsidiary Nextera plans to start Phase II/III of the Blue Summit Wind Farm project as soon as several key factors converge: 1. More substations/powerlines in place 2. Find and purchase more GE 1.7
mW turbines 3. Get “the map” site for installation on existing leases dating back to 2006, located west of the existing turbines. The crews can be assembled quickly because the project Superintendent lives in Childress.
The Production Tax Credit Act passed in 2013 (extended for 10 years) allows a tax credit of 2.2 cents/kW hour for the next 10 years. Most leased land in Wilbarger County is forty years once production starts.
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### Author:  [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427/8 "2013-03-17T15:00:15Z")
Dr. Moore,
Thanks for the update.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wilbarger-county-texas-wind-farm-odell-texas/17427/9 "2018-08-15T02:32:39Z")