GE Set for a Pickens Windfall

OKLAHOMA CITY -- General Electric (GE Quote) sells more wind turbines, by far, than any other supplier in the nation.

But it never sold 667 of them at once until legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens decided to build his own wind farm.

His "Pickens Plan" calls for the U.S. to slash its dependence on foreign oil by exploiting its own natural resources instead. By using more wind to fuel its power plants and more natural gas to power its cars, Pickens predicts, the U.S. could cut its dependence on foreign oil by one-third in the next 10 years. ...