Medford readies wind turbine at site along I-93
Date: 02/02/2009
Company: Northern Power
Source: Boston.com
Anyone who commutes north from Boston on Interstate 93 knows that there are a few days every year when winds roar across the road, shake your car, and cause you to grip your steering wheel a little bit tighter.
Medford officials are hoping for a lot of those days in the future.
That’s because the city is in the process of commissioning a wind turbine at the John J. McGlynn Sr. Elementary and Middle School. The site is just along the highway and the Mystic River near the Route 16 exit.
The turbine’s hub is 131 feet tall and its three blades are 34 feet long. It was made by Northern Power of Vermont. It’s expected to generate 170,000 kilowatt hours per year, or about $25,000 worth of electricity. That’s about 10 percent of the school’s electricity bill, said Patty Barry, director of the city’s energy and environment office.
Barry and Mayor Michael J. McGlynn showed the turbine to a reporter today, a day after the official ribbon cutting ceremony.
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