 Posted 26/06/2007 11:44:31
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Jiminy Peak ski area in Massachusetts has gone a step further than the many US ski resorts that have committed to buy-in green energy. The resort is actually building its own wind turbine, a spectacular 120m (378 feet) high giant, at a cost of $3.9m.
A competition to name the new turbine attracted more than 500 entries and a panel of local worthys decided on the name Zephyr, after the Greek god of the west wind, and also a name in history that has been symbolic with ‘great engineering’
Starting the morning of Thursday, June 28th, three massive 35m (122-foot) turbine blades will arrive from the Port of Albany and travel to Jiminy Peak in a carefully-choreographed motorcade of flashing lights and police escorts. The blades are as long as a 12-story building is high and GE’s patented adjusting blade technology enables them to catch every breath of air in order to maximize the output of electricity.
Once in place, Jiminy’s wind turbine will generate 1.5 megawatts of energy – about 33 percent of the total electricity consumption of the resort or enough to light up the TVs, DVDs, microwaves and refrigerators in 613 homes for a year.
Courtesy of the Snow Leopard
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