It was only a few days ago the announcement that the Shepherd’s Flat Wind Project in Oregon, with an expected capacity of 909MW, would hold the record as the world’s largest wind project. The Pampa Project of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens was going to take over the mantle in 2011.

Now we’re greeted with the news of a 50-50 joint venture project between Clipper Windpower and BP Alternative Energy to build the 5,050MW Titan Wind Project. That’s right, 5,050MW, which will eclipse Pampa’s 4,000MW in Texas.

This project will be a multi-stage project that will link a previously announced 1,550MW venture with a 3,500MW project. The Titan Wind Project was formerly known as Rolling Thunder and will be sited in South Dakota.

Wind power generated by a Clipper wind turbineClipper Windpower will be contracted to supply up to 2,020 2.5MW Liberty wind turbines for the project. These Liberty turbines will be assembled in Cedar Rapids.

“We are pleased to be moving forward with this milestone development that will provide clean, renewable and home-grown power for approximately 1.5 million average American homes,” said James Dehlsen, Clipper chairman and chief executive officer. “It will offset nearly 24 billion pounds of carbon dioxide that would have otherwise been released into our atmosphere if produced by traditional means.”

Should the entire project receive the necessary approvals it will have had to meet the conditions set out by the Master Turbine Supply Agreement (MTSA).

It wasn’t all that long ago that the announcement of a wind farm that produced over 100MW of electricity was cause for major trumpeting. But now the announcements of multi-thousand megawatt projects, both onshore and offshore, are sneaking in more often.