Massachusetts Water Resources Authority FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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August 11, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONTACT: | Ria Convery, Communications Director |
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GOVERNOR RECOGNIZES MWRA AS RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADER |
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Governor Deval Patrick celebrated the installation of two wind turbines at MWRA's Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant this morning. "No state agency is leading by example better than the MWRA," he said. MWRA’s Deer Island wind project consists of two 190-foot, 600 kW turbines. These turbines will generate over 2 million kW hours per year and all of the power generated will be utilized on-site. This will save MWRA ratepayers $250,000 a year in energy costs. In addition to the wind turbines, MWRA is receiving stimulus funding for a second, 180 kW solar installation on Deer Island. This $1.2 million design/build project is part of the $25 million in Clean Water SRF stimulus
MWRA received a “Determination of No Hazard” from the Federal Aviation Administration in April 2008 for these turbines. That Determination also allows for the installation of three additional turbines on Deer Island – one at time – after 30 days of successful operation of the previous turbine (i.e. no adverse impacts).
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Updated August 25, 2009 |