THE BLUE SPRUCE Farm in Bridport recently erected a 120-foot-tall wind turbine that will produce enough electricity to power more than 20 homes.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
BRIDPORT — A wind turbine is up and running at the Audets’ Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport, the second in Addison County that was constructed especially for the Green Mountain Power’s Wind Power Program. The turbine, which sits atop a 121-foot-tall tower just off Route 22A, generates around 165,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, about enough to power 23 homes. It also will save around 191,807 lbs. of carbon emissions annually.
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