Wind Turbine Feasibility/Reference Documents
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Other Feasibility Studies
- Portsmouth Middle School - Portsmouth, RI. Published October 2007
- A 1.5MW turbine was installed at Portsmouth Middle School in late 2008/early 2009. Additional information
MET Tower and Installation Quotes 2008
Quotes and informational documents George Kinel obtained working with prospective vendors.
- NRG 60m tower quote - April, 2008
- EAPC Installation Quote - April, 2008
- Follow-up Install Q&A with EAPC - April, 2008
- Lighthouse Electric Installation quote - Sept, 2008
- Timeline/workflow - Spreadsheet originally prepared by George, June 2008
Model Wind By-Law
- Model by-law for wind energy facilities prepared by Mass DoER 3/09
Mass DEP Seminar - Renewable Energy at Close Landfills
Mass DEP held a seminar in June, 2009 on Renewable Energy at Closed Landfills. The session was filled to capacity, so they plan to hold another one in the fall.
The materials from the session are posted here. According to Jennifer Viveiros, Outreach Coordinator at the DEP, all or the materials should be on this site soon.
More Documents
- MTC List of Approved Consultants for Wind Feasibility Studies - as of 9/13/06
- http://www.awea.org/ (American Wind Energy Assoc)
- http://www.ceere.org/rerl/mwwg.html (U Mass RERL)
- http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/index.html (US DOE Wind and Hydro site)
The following are links related to feasibility of a wind turbine and financing possibilities at the community level. (Supplied by lynn.klatt@verizon.net)
FREE Wind Study application form to be made out to:
- Massachusetts Technology Collaborative - Renewable Energy Trust
- 75 North Drive
- Westborough, MA 01581
- http://www.mtpc.org/renewableenergy/Community_Wind/Survey_Application.doc
- http://www.masstech.org/renewableenergy/Community_Wind/atlas.htm
Two presentations from the Jan 21, 2009 Mass Wind Working Group Meeting.
- Very good and detailed information about financing municipal wind
- http://wiki.greenneedham.org/gnc/images/f/f4/Muni_Wind_Financing_-KEMA_slides.ppt
- http://wiki.greenneedham.org/gnc/images/5/53/Bodmer_Muni_Wind_Finance_2-11-09.pdf
Here are other links worth reviewing:
- http://www.awea.org/smallwind/
- http://www.awea.org/smallwind/massachusetts_sw.html
- http://www.awea.org/faq/basicwr.html
Wind Citing Guidelines and Analysis:
- http://www.ceere.org/rerl/publications/published/communityWindFactSheets/RERL_Fact_Sheet_4_Siting.pdf
- http://www.naturalgen.co.uk/pdfs/windsiteanalysis.pdf
Interpreting Wind Resource Data:
Needham Wind Maps:
General Description:
Needham Wind Resources:
Needham Open Spaces:
New England Wind Maps:
Average Wind Power (All Season):
Massachusetts Wind Power at height of 50 meters:
- Plug in the following at link labeled: Click HERE to go to specific coordinates.
- latitude of Needham is 42.283N. The longitude is -71.233W. Taken from http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3050.
US Wind Maps:
Average Wind Power (All Season):
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