Two massive wind turbines where installed near the the MCI North Central prison facility during the winter of 2010-2011.
Here is a link to details on the project. I see these turbines several times a week while driving past, on RTE 2 or RTE 140, but I have yet to see either of these turning for 13 months! The few people I have asked about this issue have given me the same answer.... apparently the local substation is not equipped to accept the electrical current from these giants, might have been a handy bit of information to have before spending the $10 million on the project. With any luck (as opposed to planning) these will be opperational in the not so distant future.
I welcome comments should any of my 3 readers know more details about the topic:
alurap@verizon.net
Below are a few shots from a 3/19 walk at High Rdige WMA.
Below are a few bird shots from the walk.
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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| Common Mergansers |
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| Hooded Mergansers |
4 comments:
We drove past those yesterday on the way to Gardner, crankin' away at 0 RPM.
Those aren't windmills, they're totems to a belief system.
Thanks for the post "double" oddly enough I happen to be drinking a Victory Beer product as i type "Hop Devil". Shame the issues with the "grid" receiving the power from the generators was not discovered before the $10 Million was spent. My understanding is the issue is trying to be rectified with National Grid.
Cheers
I hike at High Ridge regularly and, like you, Tom, I've never seen a blade move. Thanks for shedding some light on why. At least you didn't have to use any fancy high-speed photography techniques to get those pictures.
A couple of weeks ago, I emailed the state agency in your link and asked why the turbines still aren't in service. I never received an answer.
At least you didn't have to use high-speed photography to get those shots.
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