The Prairie Switch Wind project is a 48-turbine, 160-megawatt wind farm in Wharton County, Texas, and the closest wind energy source to Houston. It will provide enough clean, pollution- free energy to the local Texas grid to power the equivalent of 50,000 average U.S. households for an entire year, and reduce grid-related greenhouse gas emissions in Texas by an estimated 190,000 tonnes of CO2e annually – comparable of taking 91,000 gasoline-powered cars off the road every year. More than 200 local jobs were created and US$12 million was invested in the local economy throughout construction, and the project will continue to benefit generations to come with approximately US $60 million in tax revenue going directly back into the community.