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Phoenix was featured in the CT DEP's newsletter!  You can download the newsletter here: http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/p2/newsletter/p2viewspring09.pdf

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Public interest in energy issues has
skyrocketed and there is a lot of talk these
days about renewable energy being the way
of the future. Connecticut has been investing in dozens
of solar projects, but now wind power is also on the horizon,
with three wind projects slated for the Connecticut shoreline,
and more are being planned .
Wind turbines are used to generate electricity, much like the
windmills of the past were used to supply power for farms . A
turbine is mounted on a tower and uses propeller-like blades
to catch the wind’s energy and supply it to the power grid .
The amount of energy that’s produced depends on wind
conditions, installation, elevation, and turbine design .
Connecticut’s coast seems the perfect place to capture some
of the wind’s energy . Two projects in New Haven and one
in Groton are testing that theory . The projects are at a New
Haven printing plant (Phoenix Press), on Long Wharf, and at

Grasso Technical High School in Groton . All of the projects
will collect data on the ability of wind to provide power . The
Phoenix project will feature a 151-foot, 100-kilowatt wind
turbine sited at the convergence of the Quinnipiac and Mill
Rivers and the mouth of the New Haven Harbor in Fair
Haven . The three-blade turbine is expected to provide about
one third of the printing company’s power needs — around
165,000 kilowatts of electricity each year . After installation
this September, it is expected that the turbine will save the
company about $65,000 per year in energy costs .
The Long Wharf project will be a smaller, 6-kilowatt turbine
expected to provide about 5,500 kilowatts of electricity
annually for the adjacent Schooner building . It will be placed
atop a 90-foot tower on Long Wharf Drive . This project will
test the effectiveness of smaller wind turbines .
The third wind turbine project, located at the Grasso Technical
High School in Groton, was donated to the school by Groton
Utilities . It was turned on in January and helps to power
the school’s greenhouse . The wind turbine provides 1 .9
kilowatts of energy per hour at peak performance . The wiring
of the turbine was completed by Grasso students under the
direction of Jamie Lamitie . The monitoring of the electricity production and wind data is under the supervision
of the Bio-environmental department head, Alex Pesarik . “Green” collar jobs are the way of the future and
this provides hands-on experience to Grasso students . Governor Rell has issued Executive Order 23, declaring
the importance of green collar jobs in Connecticut and is making an investment in training at Connecticut’s
technical high schools .
The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) plans to create a rebate
program for wind energy and has initiated the Small Wind Turbine
Demonstration Project to provide preliminary information . Three or four
small wind projects will be developed in the upcoming months . As
these and other wind projects move ahead in Connecticut, we will have
better information to base future decisions on renewable energy sources
for the state, including what resource trade-offs might be acceptable
depending on the benefit these projects actually provide .

Want to Learn More?
http://ctcleanenergy.com
(type in “Small Wind Turbine”
in search block)
www.nrel.gov/learning/re_wind.html