The following is a press released from First Wind. Clean energy project will create construction jobs, local tax revenues, work for small local businesses, and clean energy for about 15,000 Vermont homes
The following letter to the editor was published in the Rutland Herald on December 23rd, 2010. When I read dumb things like “…17 turbines … enough to power about 14,000 homes for a year…,” I have to laugh.
Reposted here from the original Letter to the Editor at the Rutland Herald. Today’s article in the Herald from the AP regarding the New England Wind Integration Study that was just completed for ISO-NE (our power grid manager) has prompted this letter. First I’d like to reiterate that ISO-NE doesn’t publicly support wind power. The [...]
Article reposted here from the original at the Rutland Herald. By Patrick McArdle STAFF WRITER READSBORO — A 450-page report released by the Green Mountain National Forest on Monday found little significant negative impact from the proposed Deerfield Wind Project in Readsboro and Searsburg but public comment is being requested before a decision is made [...]
The following opinion piece is reposted here from the original at VTDigger. This same piece was published in the Rutland Herald, but not online at their website. It was also published in the Burlington Free Press on 12/31/10. Editor’s note: This op-ed is by George Plumb of Washington. Utility-scale wind is not a suitable alternative [...]
The USDA Forest Service has issued the much anticipated Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Deerfield, VT wind project.
A recent article in the Caledonian Record says the MET tower aviation warning lights in Lowell have been inconsistent at best. Read the full article in PDF format here.
As part of the NY Times annual year end review in ideas, they have put together a nice animation and information on a new technology for wind electricity generation that doesn’t use turbines called Vibro-Wind.
