Wind is bigger in Texas

"Texas Tech University doesn't pop off someone's tongue in Washington D.C., but that's where the cutting edge research is," says Wortham, who has since returned to Sweetwater where he serves as both the mayor and the executive director of the Texas Wind Energy Clearinghouse.

"This is the heart of the wind region," says Wortham. "This is where the action is going on."

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