Kudos to another town in Massachusetts. Fred Hanson in the Patriot Ledger tells how the Milton, MA select board has received a recommendation from the town’s wind energy committee, detailing the potential use of the town’s former landfill. This makes sense from so many perspectives that it’s hard to list them all. (1) The land is no longer readily usable for building much else; (2) the town already owns the land; (3) the site in within the community’s own borders, meaning that municipal utilities would pass savings directly to consumers; (4) the site is far enough from population centers to prevent noise and aesthetic issues.
Initially, the town is looking at two wind turbines, which would provide power to all town offices and school buildings. As the committee points out, though, running these turbines as a municipal resource would require the town to take responsibility for the distribution system, meaning a town electric department would be needed to service the infrastructure. This is done in several Western Mass communities with very good results. Check out the article at Patriot Ledger.
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