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Texas Considers Letting Chinese Company Build Wind Farm That Would Provide Power To Air Force Base
National File ^ | 02/22/2021 | Tom Dees

Posted on 02/22/2021 7:49:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Dubbed the “Blue Hills Wind Project,” GH America Energy, a company owned by Shanghai billionaire Sun Guangxin, plans to purchase nearly 130,000 acres of land immediately across from Laughlin Air Force Base.

Guangxin is a former officer in the Chinese army and is the richest person in China’s embattled Xinjiang province. GH America Energy is a subsidiary of Guanghui Energy Company, based out of Shanghai, where Sun Guangxin owns a controlling 44% stake, according to Market Screener.

Late last year, Del Rio Mayor, Bruno Lozano, wrote to federal officials close to the matter, “We believe that this project and all future projects of a similar nature will result in unacceptable risk to national security of the United States.”



According to a 2018 release from Laughlin Air Force Base, their flight training wing provides over 2800 jobs to the local economy. It also produces 350 new pilots every year. But this program may be in jeopardy due to the Wind Farm’s construction and daily operation.

A combination of radio interference, signal transmission, and even physical obstruction make performing these flight trainings more difficult. Furthermore, the project has potential to hinder access to electricity and water gotten from the local river, which would cripple operations at Laughlin Air Force Base if it were to be attacked or sabotaged in any way.

Former Congressman Will Hurd weighed in at ForeignPolicy.com, “Why are we allowing a Chinese company to do that in the U.S.? A former U.S. general would not be able to do this kind of project in China.”

Hurd expanded on the threat to Texas Public Radio by adding that, “once the owners of the West Texas project named Blue Hills Wind becomes part of the power community, they will gain access to security industry alerts, private industry insights and national security threat assessments.”

Last week, much of Texas was gripped by historic low temperatures, resulting in deadly power outages that affected roughly 4 million people. These outages are widely reported to be the result of an over reliance on wind turbines by Texas’ energy grid, run by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) held an emergency session with the Texas Legislature Sunday morning but failed to mention the Blue Hills Wind Project or rampant Chinese influence over Texas’ energy grid.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: airforce; bhwp; bluehills; china; delrio; ercot; ghamerica; ghamericaenergy; guanghui; guanghuienergy; guangxin; laughlin; laughlinafb; texas; windfarm; windproject
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1 posted on 02/22/2021 7:49:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Texas has “jumped the shark” it would seem.


2 posted on 02/22/2021 7:51:05 AM PST by albie
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To: SeekAndFind

Probably with Mexican labor...


3 posted on 02/22/2021 7:52:31 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: SeekAndFind

How stupid is this?!


4 posted on 02/22/2021 7:52:47 AM PST by MachIV
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To: albie
Texas has “jumped the shark” it would seem.

Many believe that Texas is solidly red, but for those who live here, we know how tenuous the situation is. With Beto winning Tarrant county in 2018, the last large red county in Texas became blue and stayed that way against Trump. Truly sad.
5 posted on 02/22/2021 7:52:47 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: albie

“Texas has “jumped the shark” it would seem.”

It would be more accurate to say Austin has “jumped the shark” it would seem.


6 posted on 02/22/2021 7:53:18 AM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: TexasGunLover

Texas will go perma-blue by 2024, if not 2022. Another Virginia/Colorado.


7 posted on 02/22/2021 7:54:00 AM PST by Shadylake
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To: SeekAndFind

I can’t see this deal (pardon the pun) going south. Good grief.


8 posted on 02/22/2021 7:54:00 AM PST by centermass_socrates (U.S Army Air Corps 388th Heavy Bomber Group.....Thank you Grandpa for my freedom. I love you still.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Clown world.


9 posted on 02/22/2021 7:54:20 AM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Laughlin AFB, the largest pilot training base in the US Air Force On weekdays, the airfield sees more takeoffs and landings than any other airport in the country.[citation needed]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughlin_Air_Force_Base

WHAT COULD GO WRONG?


10 posted on 02/22/2021 7:54:34 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: MachIV
How stupid is this?!

How Profitable is this?

That is the only question that matters apparently.

11 posted on 02/22/2021 7:54:51 AM PST by KC_Lion
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To: TexasGunLover

CA use to be solidly red, until it wasn’t. And now we are where we are.

If we had honest elections id be wrought with angst. After the last election?

DONT CARE.


12 posted on 02/22/2021 7:55:47 AM PST by hillarys cankles
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Gotta hand it to the rats. They make Calif so bad they move to red states and pollute them. It’s what Assad did with his people towards Europe. The frog is boiled.


13 posted on 02/22/2021 7:56:51 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: albie

Well, Austin at any rate.


14 posted on 02/22/2021 7:57:05 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Shadylake
If Texas goes blue, it's game over.


15 posted on 02/22/2021 7:57:34 AM PST by EEGator
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To: MachIV

Yes, it is stupid.

Spying, and as a side note, windmill blades mess with the radar that aircraft and their weapons use.


16 posted on 02/22/2021 7:57:36 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: MachIV

“Maximum Stupidity”


17 posted on 02/22/2021 7:57:40 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: EEGator

“Hey, maybe you haven’t been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!” Bill Paxton - Private Hudson.


18 posted on 02/22/2021 7:58:28 AM PST by Shadylake
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To: Shadylake

Best character in the movie.
He redeems himself in the end.


19 posted on 02/22/2021 7:59:44 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Paxton went way too early. He always good.


20 posted on 02/22/2021 8:00:18 AM PST by Shadylake
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