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 July, 2009.

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

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

Planned:

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

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

Georgia Mountain (Milton) -- Georgia Mountain Community Wind: H.W. Ventures (Jim Harrison, Harrison Concrete Const. and Redi-Mix Corp.), Cross Consulting Engineers (Peter Cross), & Addison Consulting (Steve Terry), Strategic Initiatives for Business (Steven Bourgeois), Vermont Environmental Research Associates (John Zimmerman & Martha Staskus)

Ira (Mt. Herrick and Susie's Peak; plus Poultney, Tinmouth (?), Clarendon, Middletown Springs (?), & West Rutland) ~~ Vermont Community Wind Farm (Per White-Hansen & Joan Warshaw, Charlotte; Jeff Wennberg)


Lowell Mountain -- Kingdom Community Wind (Trip Wileman), Vermont Electric Cooperative, Green Mountain Power

East Mountain (East Haven) -- Vermont Public Power Supply Authority

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

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

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

Hurricane Hill (White River Junction)

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

Stratton Mountain -- Stratton Planning Commission

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Jiminy Peak, Mass.

Lenox, Mass.

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

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

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

Dixville and Millsfield, Coos County, N.H. -- Granite Reliable Power (Noble Environmental Power [J.P Morgan])

Coos County, N.H. -- Noble Environmental Power [JP Morgan]

Gardner Mountain, N.H. (Lyman) -- UPC Wind Partnershttp://www.upcwind.com/ (Timothy & Brian Caffyn, Peter Gish; UPC Group [Italy])

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

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

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


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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