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Saturday: Turbine Festival
10:06PM ON
06/10/2008
BY
Dave Segal
Fresh off of their annual meeting tonight, and as a second wind turbine goes up in Portsmouth, People’s Power & Light will be holding a ‘Turbine Festival’ this Saturday, June 14th, 12-3pm:
A celebration of renewable energy in Rhode Island; also, an event intended introduce the general public, especially members of New England GreenStart to a New England GreenStart green power source: the Portsmouth Abbey Wind Turbine, a 660 kW wind turbine that has produced nearly 2.5 million kWhs since it was first erected on March 30th, 2006. (2.5 million kWh is enough energy to power 5000 average New England homes for a month). There will be games, live music, exhibits & snacks.
The ground-breaking for the new Portsmouth turbine is on Friday:
On June 13, 2008,at 4:00 PM, the official groundbreaking is planned for the turbine project. The ceremony will be held at the turbine site. The site is in the North corner of the field behind the tennis courts (above the gym). Portsmouth High is located at 120 Education Drive in Portsmouth. Parking is available adjacent the tennis courts.
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