AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - Texas Tech University and officials of the Pantex nuclear weapons plant agree to study feasibility of research wind farm to power the Panhandle plant.

The agreement between Pantex and Texas Tech provides for a feasibility study on the installation of wind turbine generators and related infrastructure at the Pantex plant near Amarillo. The plant assembles and dismantles the nation's nuclear warheads.

On Tuesday, Amarillo city commissioners approved a $100,000 grant to help Texas Tech build the proposed National Wind Resource Center near Pantex. Tech is scheduled to begin work on the first phase of the center next year.

The commission also approved a $12.5 million incentive package to entice Alstom Power Inc. to build a wind turbine and nacelle factory in Amarillo. The nacelles house the components of the wind turbine atop their soaring pylons.