Cielo Wind Power is an American wind power developer located in Austin, Texas. This company built it first utility-size wind project in 1998. To date, Cielo Wind Power has developed 1,149 megawatts of wind-generated electricity.
Cielo Wind Power has capitalized $1.4 billion and has installed 1,068 wind turbines on over 90,000 acres (360 km2) with its first ten projects from 1998 to 2008. Cielo Wind Power has developed and installed 1,149 MW of wind-generated electricity throughout the Southwest. Two out of every three wind turbines installed in Texas from 1994 through 2004 were developed by Cielo.
Groups honoring Cielo Wind Power’s environmental achievements are Ecology Action, Public Citizen Texas, City of Austin Environmental Board, and the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association.
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