Green Mountain Power Celebrates 10 Years of Wind At Searsburg
September 21 2006 - 3:21PM
Business Wire
Green Mountain Power this week celebrated the tenth anniversary of
installing the first turbine in its Searsburg wind generating
station, a plant that has contributed clean, emission-free energy
to the New England grid since it began operation. "People across
the country have begun to recognize the serious implications of
global climate change, and we believe that it is important to
realize the very real benefits that wind generation offers," said
Chris Dutton, Green Mountain Power president and chief executive
officer. "We estimate that approximately 78,000 tons of carbon
dioxide emissions have been avoided due to the power generated at
our Searsburg facility." The 11 turbines at GMP's Searsburg plant
have generated 110,000 megawatthours since they began operation in
1997, which is the equivalent of approximately 14,000 homes being
powered by wind for a full year. Every kilowatthour generated by
wind avoids a kilowatthour generated by another source, which on
the New England grid is generally natural gas or oil fired during
the peak periods when wind generation is at its height. GMP
Searsburg is still the largest wind plant in New England. Research
conducted at GMP Searsburg in early years of operation provided
valuable lessons to the industry about cold climate operations and
helped advance the state-of-the-art turbines being built today in
cold climates throughout the country. "We are proud to have played
an important leadership role in the development of cold climate
wind technology," said Mr. Dutton. "Although new wind plant
development has been slow in New England, we are hopeful that an
expansion of GMP Searsburg will be possible in the near future. We
believe that wind can and should be an important part of Vermont's
power supply mix."
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