SAM Magazine--Bolton Valley, Vt., September 11, 2009--Bolton Valley Resort announced the construction of a wind turbine that will be operational in late autumn. This will be the first wind turbine at a Vermont ski area.

The 121-foot turbine will be located near the top of the resort's Vista Quad lift in an existing clearing adjacent to the ski patrol hut. It is designed to produce in excess of 300,000 kilowatts of power annually, the equivalent of the electricity consumed by 40 to 45 Vermont households. The turbine will be set up to feed excess power that is not consumed by the ski area into the grid through the Vermont net metering program.

This is the third wind turbine installation at a ski resort in the U.S.

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