(Municipal) Wind turbine OK'd in Pittsfield (Maine)

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http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/037482.html

PITTSFIELD -- Silence said it all.

Without a peep from the public, the Planning Board on Monday unanimously approved local permits for a 100-foot-tall, 10-kilowatt wind turbine for the town.

The $63,000 turbine will generate half of the electricity needed to run the Pittsfield Recycling Center/Transfer Station on Peltoma Avenue, town officials said.

If the town can get a state grant to foot most of the bill, construction of the turbine could begin as soon as May 2009. Evolo Home Center of Newport will supply the Bergey 10KW turbine.

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