The dough of wind cost data has been broken with a Chinese-American plan to build a big West Texas wind farm.. U.S. Renewable Energy Group, Texas-based Cielo Wind Power LP, China’s Shenyang Power Group and A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltdm are planning a 600 MW wind farm somewhere in West Texas. The total cost of the project will be $1.5 billion with $450 million (30%) coming from U.S. stimulus funding. The cost suggests that the rise in wind funding prices observed between 2003 and 2008 has not reversed, and the inflation of wind facilities cost is likely to continue into the next decade. The wind turbines will be built in China, so much of the stimulus monies, meant to benefit American workers, will in fact be used to pay workers in Chinese wind turbine manufacturing factories.