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The sun rises behind turbines at the Lone Star Wind Farms in Shackelford County near Abilene on Thursday, March 12, 2008. Wind power is the fastest growing renewable energy technology and Texas has been the top wind producer in the U.S. for the past 2 years. Mayra Beltran / Chronicle

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A pump jack outside of Midland, Texas, is silhouetted against the West Texas sunset, Feb. 2, 2001.

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6/16/05--Sunrise at the Lewis Creek Plant, a natural gas fired electronic generation plant in Willis, Texas. These towers are part of the Switch Yard at the plant which boosts power generated at the plant before it is sent out over transmission lines.(Steve Campbell/Houston Chronicle)

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Cattle roam the hills where Lone Star Wind Farms leases property to place wind turbines in Shackelford County near Abilene on Thursday, March 12, 2008. (Mayra Beltran / Chronicle )

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The sun rises behind wind turbines at the Lone Star Wind Farms which leases property in Shackelford County near Abilene on Thursday, March 12, 2008.( Mayra Beltran / Chronicle)

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A sunset silhouettes wind turbines at the Lone Star Wind Farms which leases property in Shackelford County near Abilene on Thursday, March 12, 2008.( Mayra Beltran / Chronicle)

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Ray Pittman, Chevron forward driller, controls all the main drilling functions from a cyber chair on Discoverer Inspiration where Chevron is drilling an exploration well into Moccasin Prospect.

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Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, May 5,, 2008

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A helicopter prepares to land on Mariner Energy's HI 199 production platform which has cellular and satellite phone service provided by Broadpoint, Inc. in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, in Galveston. ( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

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Solar panels, May 5, 2009. (Billy Smith II / Houston Chronicle)

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energy efficient light bulbs. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, ( Nick de la Torre / Chronicle )

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2/9/2002 Oil derricks and pumps are not a rare sight in the Permian Basin of Texas but wind turbines used to generate electricity are adding to the energy weatlh of the area. The King Mountain Wind Ranch near McCamey is now the larget single wind farm in the world, in terms of electrical production potential. Karl Stolleis.

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(03/03/1998): A Brown & Root fabricator grinds a weld smooth on a beam for an offshore oil platform.

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Gas pump nozzle, May 8, 2001(Smiley N. Pool/Chronicle)

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As traffic heads westward toward the Shell Deer Park Refinery on highway 225, the sun, partially eclipsed by the moon, sets Monday night, June 10, 2002.

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06/06/1996 - Offshore Oil Drilling Platform. The sun sets behind one of the three floating rigs that Texas Drydock is upgrading for Diamond Offshore Drilling in Port Arthur.

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5/26/04--Distillation units are used to refine oil at the Marathon Ashland Petroleum refinery in Texas City. This is a joint venture of Marathon Oil Corp. and Ashland Petroleum. Photo by Steve Campbell

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The King Mountain Wind Ranch. Visitors to the area of west Texas near the town of McCamey will be greeted not only by the windmills of old, used to pump water, but by new wind turbines high atop mesas used to generate electricity. 2/9/02 Karl Stolleis

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