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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Harvard boosts wind power usage

By Mass High Tech staff

Harvard University is turning to a wind farm in northern Maine for an increasing percentage of the electric power it uses in its Cambridge and Allston buildings.

The university has announced that more than 10 percent of its electricity will be supplied by a First Wind facility known as Stetson Wind II near Danforth, Maine. First Wind, which recently moved its headquarters from Newton to Boston, and Harvard recently signed a 15-year agreement for the university to draw electricity from the Stetson Wind II farm when it is completed and associated renewable energy certificates. First Wind said that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that the agreement will make Harvard the largest purchaser of wind power by a college in New England.

The 25.5-megawatt Stetson Wind II project is ready to go into the construction phase, and will include 17 General Electric Co. 1.5 megawatt turbines. The existing Stetson Wind I project has 38 turbines generating 57 megawatts of power. Harvard will take about half of the Stetson Wind II capacity.

Harvard has launched other renewable energy projects recently, including installation of a 500-kilowatt solar panel array on one of its buildings.

First Wind recently received $40.4 million in federal recovery funds to help finance Stetson Wind II. In addition, the company has received more than $500 million in loans for development of its wind farms. 


 

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