Large wind projects in Vermont and vicinity

Here is a list of the current industrial-scale wind projects targeted for Vermont. Note the huge leap in size from the existing Searsburg facility to the new very much larger facilities being planned. If you have information to add to or amend this list, please contact AWEO. Last updated March 2, 2007.

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size data provided [click here for a guide to units]:

• number of towers × rated capacity of each turbine = capacity of facility
  (average annual output would be 20-30% of capacity; effective capacity would be 7-10% or even less)
• height = hub height + blade length (r = diam./2); area swept by blades of each turbine (πr²) = x acre(s)

Existing:

Searsburg (1996) -- Enxco [Électricité de France] & Green Mountain Power [Vt.]

• 11 × 555 KW = 6 MW
• 198′ = 132′ + 66′; 12,868 ft² = 0.30 acre

Planned:

Sheffield (Granby Mtn, & Libby Hill)
-- UPC Wind Partners (Matthew Kearns, Tim & Brian Caffyn, Peter Gish; UPC Group [Italy]) (Madison Dearborn Partners [Chicago] and D.E. Shaw [N.Y.])

• 16 × 2.5 MW = 40 MW; applied for permit February 22, 2006; revised application September 25, 2006; revised again January 16, 2007; approved August 8, 2007 (docket 7156); halted by Army Corps of Engineers August 23, 2007; appealed to Vt. Supreme Court January 2008
• 418′ = 256′ + 162′; 7,698 m² = 1.90 acres
• 3 × 131′ (40 m) measurement towers erected, including on Hardscrabble Mtn.
• FAA obstruction evaluations submitted October 25, 2007, for 15 × 420′ and 2 × 262′
• Ridge Protectors
• towns affected:  Sheffield, Sutton, Barton, Burke, Glover, Greensboro, Kirby, Lyndon, Newark, Wheelock

Readsboro/Searsburg expansion -- bought from Enxco by PPM Energy [Scottish Power (Iberdrola [Spain])]; dba Deerfield Wind

• 17 × 2.0-2.1 MW = 34-35.7 MW; applied for permit January 6, 2007; rejected March 9 as inadequately specific; reapplied Oct. 2007 (docket 7250)
• 410′ = 262′ + 148′; 6,362 m² = 1.57 acres
• FAA obstruction evaluations submitted November 19, 2007, for 9 × 410′ in Searsburg and 6 × 410′ in Readsboro
• towns affected:  Readsboro, Glastonbury, Searsburg, Somerset, Stamford, Whitingham, Wilmington, Woodford, and north Mass.

Washington -- Horizon [Energias de Portugal] (with Tetra Tech)? Outland Renewable Energy?

• 15 × ? MW
• 419′
• FAA obstruction evaluations submitted February 12, 2008
• towns affected:  Washington, Corinth, Orange

Hurricane Hill (White River Junction)

• 1 × ? MW
• 410′
• FAA obstruction evaluation submitted November 16, 2007
• town affected:  Hartford

Dutch Hill (Readsboro) -- Noble Environmental Power [J.P Morgan] (John Zimmerman, Vermont Environmental Research Associates)

• 20 × 2.5 MW = 45 MW
• 418′ = 256′ + 162′; 7,698 m² = 1.90 acres
• towns affected:  Readsboro, Stamford, Searsburg, Woodford

Grandpa's Knob et al. (Taconic Range, Castleton, West Rutland & Pittsford) -- Noble Environmental [J.P. Morgan Chase] (Brian Kelly)

• 25-35 × 1.5-2.5 MW = 50-65 MW
• 2 197′ measurement towers, Castleton and Hubbardton, erected Jan. 2008
• towns affected:  Castleton, West Rutland, Pittsford, Hubbardton, Proctor, Rutland, Brandon, Ira, Poultney, Sudbury

Little Equinox Mountain (Manchester) -- Endless Energy [Me.] (Harley Lee)

• 5 × 1.8 MW = 9 MW
• 390′ = 260′ + 130′; 54,110 ft² = 1.24 acres
• 3 measurement towers currently erected, permit expired
• towns affected:  Manchester, Arlington, Dorset, Peru, Rupert, Sandgate, Stratton, Sunderland, Winhall

Lowell Mountain (Lowell, Eden, & Irasburg)-- bought from Enxco by PPM Energy [Scottish Power (Iberdrola [Spain])] dba Atlantic Wind

• 12-26 × 1.5 MW = 18-39 MW
• 328′ = 212′ (64.7 m) + 116′ (35.25 m); 3,904 m² = 0.96 acre
• 2 50-m measurement towers currently erected, permit expired; request submitted Jan. 29, 2008, to replace with 2 60-m towers, add 2 more 60-m towers, and extend permit for 5 years; towers removed May 2008; fined Aug. 13, 2008
• Lowell Mountain Group
• towns affected:  Lowell, Eden, Irasburg, Albany, Barton, Craftsbury, Glover, Greensboro, Newport, Troy, Westfield

East Haven, Ferdinand, Brighton -- EMDC [Vt.] (Mathew Rubin & Dave Rapaport)

• 3 × 197′ measurement towers approved
• towns affected:  East Haven, Ferdinand, Brighton, Bloomfield, Brunswick, Burke, Charleston, Concord, Granby, Guildhall, Lewis, Lunenburg, Maidstone, Newark, Victory
• Kingdom Commons Group

Cold Hollow Mountains (Belvidere, Bakersfield)-- Disgen [Colo.] (Dale Osborn), Vt. consultant Christine Donovan

• 10-20 turbines
• towns affected:  Bakersfield, Belvidere, Eden, Johnson, Montgomery, Waterville

Windham, Townshend, Grafton -- UPC Wind Partners (Timothy & Brian Caffyn, Peter Gish)

• c. 52 MW (or more)
• towns affected:  Windham, Townshend, Grafton, Athens, Jamaica

Georgia Mountain (Milton) -- H.W. Ventures (Jim Harrison), Cross Consulting Engineers (Peter Cross), & Addison Consulting (Steve Terry) [& Enxco? [Électricité de France] (John Zimmerman, Vermont Environmental Research Associates)]

• 4.5-6 MW
• towns affected:  Milton, Colchester, Essex, Fairfax, Georgia, Grand Isle, South Hero, Westford

In the wings:

"From my point of view it is simply a matter of time. We are just relaxing and paying our taxes."
--Mathew Rubin (Times-Argus, Feb. 25, 2007)

East Mountain (East Haven) -- EMDC [Vt.] (Mathew Rubin & Dave Rapaport)

• 50 × 1.5 MW = 75 MW
  (4 × 1.5 MW = 6 MW "demonstration" project recommended for denial by hearing officer March 10, 2006; permit denied July 17, 2006)
• 335′ = 220′ + 115′; 41,548 ft² = 0.96 acre
• Kingdom Commons Group

Glebe Mountain (Londonderry) -- Catamount Energy (Bob Charlebois) (Diamond Castle Holdings [N.Y.] & Marubeni Power International [Japan]; purchased by Duke Energy June 2008)

• 19 × 2.5 MW = 47.5 MW; planned to apply for permit April 2006
• 420′ = 262′ + 158′; 77,931 ft² = 1.79 acres
• Glebe Mountain Group
• towns affected:  Londonderry, Windham, Andover, Athens, Chester, Grafton, Jamaica, Landgrove, Mount Tabor, Peru, Stratton, Townshend, Winhall

Kirby Mountain -- Enxco [Électricité de France] (John Zimmerman, Vermont Environmental Research Associates)

• Kingdom Commons Group

Umpire Mountain (Victory) -- Enxco [Électricité de France] (John Zimmerman, Vermont Environmental Research Associates)

• Kingdom Commons Group

Nearby:

Hoosac Range, Mass. (Bakke Mtn., Florida, & Crum Hill, Monroe) -- bought from Enxco by PPM Energy [Scottish Power (Iberdrola [Spain])] in February 2006

• 20 × 1.5 MW = 30 MW --approved; ruled in violation of wetlands law May 23, 2007
• 340′ = 213′ + 127′; 50,273 ft² = 1.16 acres
• Green Berkshires

Brodie Mountain, Mass. (Hancock) -- bought from Berkshire Wind Power (Disgen) by Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative (14 municipal utilities) and Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. in 2008

• 10 × 1.5 MW = 15 MW --approved, planned operation mid-2007
• 340′ = 223′ + 127′; 50,273 ft² = 1.16 acres

Jiminy Peak, Mass.

• 1 × 1.5 MW = 1.5 MW; operating
• 386′ * 254′ + 132′

Lenox, Mass.

• 1 × 1.5 MW = 1.5 MW
• 340′ = 213′ + 127′; 50,273 ft² = 1.16 acres
  --proposed measurement tower rejected

Savoy, Mass. -- Minuteman Wind [Mass.]

• 5 × 2.5 MW = 12.5 MW
• 425′ = 262′ + 162′; 82,857 ft² = 1.90 acres

Orange, Mass. -- Minuteman Wind [Mass.]

• 3 × 1.5 MW = 4.5 MW

Odell and Millsfield, N.H. -- Noble Environmental Power [JP Morgan]? (Martha Staskas, Vermont Environmental Research Associates)

• 2 measurement towers approved: 197′ near Trio Pond, Odell, and 164′ on Owlhead Mountain, Millsfield

Lempster, N.H. -- Community Energy [Pa.] (Iberdrola [Spain])

• 12 × 2 MW = 40 MW

Berlin, N.H.

• 33-67 × 1.5-3 MW = 100 MW
• 399′

Gardner Mountain, N.H. (Lyman) -- UPC Wind Partners (Timothy & Brian Caffyn, Peter Gish; UPC Group [Italy])

• 20 turbines
  --158′ measurement tower rejected
• Lyman Citizens for the Protection of Gardner Mountain

Gore Mountain, N.Y. (Johnsburg) -- Reunion Power [N.J.] & Barton Group [N.Y.]

• 10 × 2.5 MW = 27.5 MW
• 423′ = 279′ + 144′; 6,082 m² = 1.50 acres

Kayaderosseras Ridge, N.Y. (Greenfield) -- Airtricity [Ireland]

• 20 × 2.0 MW = 40 MW
• 399′ = 256′ + 143′; 5,945 m² = 1.47 acres

Stanbridge Station, St. Pierre de Véronne de Pike River, Bedford, Québec

• 31 × 2.0 MW = 62 MW
• 456′ (139 m)

More pages on this site about wind power in Vermont:
• letter to The Caledonian-Record (St. Johnsbury), by Bill Eddy
• letter to The Caledonian-Record, by Bill Klein
• editorial by the Burlington Free Press
• notes on some surveys about wind farms
• comments about proposed East Haven wind project and projects in Vermont in general
• letter to the Manchester Journal, by Hugh Kemper, and response by Andrew Perchlik, with commentary
• letter to the Burlington Free Press, by Eric Rosenbloom
Also: Vermonters with Vision

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