Cielo Wind Power is an American wind power

Wind power

Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....

 developer located in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

. The Cielo Wind Power 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 90000 acres (364.2 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

Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States is a region defined in different ways by different sources. Broad definitions include nearly a quarter of the United States, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah...

. Two out of every three wind turbine

Wind turbine

A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...

s installed in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 from 1994 through 2004 were developed by Cielo.

Groups honoring Cielo Wind Power’s environmental achievements are Ecology Action

Ecology Action

Ecology Action is an environmental organization founded in 1970 under IRS Section 5013, based in Santa Cruz, California. It has a staff of more than 50 people and operates a variety of energy saving, water, waste reduction, and greenhouse gas emmision reduction programs.The organization recently...

, Public Citizen Texas

Public Citizen Texas

Public Citizen Texas is the Texas branch of Public Citizen, a nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest advocacy organization. Public Citizen Texas is based in Austin, Texas...

, City of Austin Environmental Board, and the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association.

Associations and memberships

Cielo Wind Power is a member of or associated with the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, the American Wind Energy Association

American Wind Energy Association

Formed in 1974, the American Wind Energy Association is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade association representing wind power project developers, equipment suppliers, service providers, parts manufacturers, utilities, researchers, and others involved in the wind industry.With over 2,500...

, the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas, Gulf Coast Power, the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association, the Southwestern Cattleman’s Association, the National Association of Tower Erectors, and the Fort Stockton, McCamey and Ozona Chambers of Commerce

Chamber of commerce

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