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Bolton Valley wind turbine getting more press

October 3rd, 2009

The Bolton Valley ski area wind turbine continues to get press and media coverage. The ski area is installing a Northwind 100 Wind Turbine. The Northwind Power Systems company is based in Barre, Vermont. Here’s an article that says construction starts on Monday and then lists a short schedule of the construction process.

Bolton Valley will be the fourth ski area in the nation to generate it’s own power from wind resources. Here in Chaffee County Colorado we’re hoping that Monarch Mountain is paying attention.

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Are small wind turbines worthy?

September 2nd, 2009

An article on NPR’s website (http://bit.ly/2uns1M), Big Dreams For Small Wind Turbines talks about issues regarding small wind turbines, if they are worth while, among other questions. It generated some good discussion in the comments section. Comments range from “they suck” to “no solution is perfect, 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing.” Seems the general concensus is urban areas tend not to have enough wind, so solar is probably better there. Then again, it depends on where you’re at. I know from experience that the wind blows a lot here in Chaffee County, Colorado!