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Date: 10/24/2005Location: Galveston , TXTexas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson announced the first offshore wind energy project in the United States will be built off the Texas coast. The multi-million dollar lease, signed with Louisiana-based Wind Energy Systems Technologies (W.E.S.T.), allows work to begin immediately on the construction of two meteorological towers. These towers will help gather data to determine exactly where the 150 MW wind energy development will be built on an 11,355-acre lease about seven miles off the coast of Galveston. Revenue from the agreement — expected to be at least $26.5 million — will be deposited in the state's Permanent School Fund, which helps pay for public education.
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