T. Boone Pickens shelves plans for the world 's largest wind farm . Pampa Wind Project in Texas Panhandle was to have powered 1 million homes . He says transmission issues , capital constraints make project unfeasible . The chairman of BP Capital Management announced Tuesday that his plans for the Pampa Wind Project , designed to generate 4,000 megawatts of electricity using thousands of wind turbines , is on hold . In 2008 , United States became world 's leading provider of wind power .
T. Boone Pickens shelves plans for the world 's largest wind farm . Pampa Wind Project in Texas Panhandle was to have powered 1 million homes . He says transmission issues , capital constraints make project unfeasible . In 2008 , United States became world 's leading provider of wind power .