Green Energy

Wind Energy

Small Wind Electric Systems - a Massachusetts Consumer's Guide
An overview from the US Department of Energy to determine if small wind power is right for you.

Installing and Maintaining a Small Electric Wind System
Before installing your system, you first need to find the best site, size your wind turbine, decide whether you’ll have a grid-connected or stand-alone system, and understand your zoning, permitting, and neighborhood covenant requirements.  There are links on this page to help you do so.

Community Wind Fact-Sheet Series
The University of Massachusetts Renewable Energy Research Lab offers this series of fact sheets about Wind Power on the community scale.

The New England Wind Map
The Map and associated databases provide information important to the evaluation of prospective wind energy sites and the estimation of wind turbine performance.