Austin firm plans three S. Texas wind farms

Austin Business Journal

Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 1:09pm CDT

Officials at the Austin-based company said the wind farms are planned on more than 60,000 acres of submerged land under lease from the Texas General Land Office. The projects would generate up to 3 gigawatts (or 3,000 megawatts) of electricity — enough to power about 1.2 million homes.

Rio South Texas Economic Council has been recruiting renewable energy companies, such as Duke Energy, into the area to develop wind farm projects, officials said.

Baryonyx, which was founded May 2009, employs eight workers.

The company was founded to meet the power requirements of energy intensive industries through renewable energy resources, principally that of wind power, according to its website.

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Posted by Ashley Furness. afurness@bizjournals.com