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March 27, 2009

With love for the 3Rs "reduce, reuse, and recycle," we chronical the Bartlett Farm Windmill as it enters its final stage of construction. The tower sections are put into place, the turbine is set on top, and the windmill becomes operational.

The installation of a 250 kilowatt wind turbine is then complete! Bartlett's Windmill is now producing electricity locally with a renewable source of energy that is abundant and will not pollute the surrounding environment.

Some facts;

* The turbine sits on a 30 meter tower (98'5")

* The top of the blade at its highest point of rotation is 145'6"

* The turbine is modeled to produce approximately 500,000 kilowatts of power annually

* This process was started in November of 2006

* Grants from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA-RD) and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) totaling about 60% of the projects total cost

* The turbine will provide all the electrical needs of the farm stand and approximately 80% of the farm's overall electrical usage

* The windmill starts operating at a wind speed of about 6 mph (3 M/S). it will turn out of the wind at a wind speed of 56 mph (25 M/S). The survival speed of the windmill is 134 mph (60 M/S). It is rated for a 20 year life expectancy

The turbine manufacturer is WES: http://www.windenergysolutions.nl/

This turbine is a WES 30 MK1.

The general contractor was Lighthouse Electrical Contracting: http://www.lighthouse-electrical.com/

Site work was done by Myles Reis @ (508) 228-0998

Architecture and Design by Steve Roethke S.M. Roethke Design Inc. @ 508-825-7588

For more on Bartlett's farm click here: http://www.bartlettsfarm.com/

March 27, 2009

Latest Comments

  • wind turbine, Nantucket

    It is not a comment but a question, a small one: why this one has 2 blades and most of the others - three? What's the difference? And a comment - it looks beautiful!

    Posted by Tanya McGarvey November 22, 2009 00:11:03

  • small wind turbines

    for good info regarding community wind projects go to awea.org and click on small wind

    Posted by Eddy G October 13, 2009 11:43:09

  • Turbine on Roof of a highrise

    I'd like to see the costs involved to place a turbine on the deck of my penthouse. [Pearlbank Apartments Singapore] It sits approx 360 feet above sea level. The winds can be quite high during monsoon times, as we face the open sea towards Sumatera. contact me at poole@singnet.com.sg

    Posted by Ed Poole July 21, 2009 09:24:07

  • To Marisa Ingo

    A turbine that size will cost between $850K and $1.1 million, all in. That's nacelle, blades, tower, base, permitting, interconnections, wiring, commissioning, etc.

    Contact me @ info@aeronauticawind.com for more information.

    Posted by B. Markham Ghost July 14, 2009 15:01:19

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