What an amazing thing to see,
almost futuristic. Eight gigantic, yet beautiful windmills perched on a scenic
hilltop above the town of Garrett. The wind was blowing and several of the windmills
were being tested that afternoon. Each windmill base stands 60 meters and the
diameter of the blades from tip to tip is also 60 meters. Surprisingly, the huge
blades cut through the air without hardly making any sound at all. Each tower is
controlled by computers which monitor wind speeds and wind directions. The heads can
be rotated toward the oncoming winds or shut down and locked during a storm. The
windmills were manufactured in Denmark by Nordex - Borsig Energy. Nordex builds
several different styles of wind turbines, ours are the N-60 Model. Check out the
"Fact Sheet" link provided below. (Remember when looking at the fact
sheet, that everything is in metric and that in Europe, commas and decimal points have
reversed meaning). After manufacturing, they traveled across the Atlantic Ocean on
an eighteen day voyage. Once they were brought on land in Eddystone PA they were put
on trucks and driven the rest of the way accross the state to Garret PA for final
assembly. As of March 2000 there are only 200 N-60 models running in the world...
176 in Germany, 16 in Denmark and 8 in the United States. This makes us the first
community in the US with the Nordex N-60 Wind Turbine.
National Wind Power is the developer, owner and operator of the Green Mountain Wind Farm.
GreenMountain purchases the clean power that is generated. The folks at Green
Mountain only deal in clean energy sources that are renewable like wind power,
hydroelectric and solar. The windfarm was built on land owned by Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Decker of Garrett. Thanks to Mr. Decker for giving me permission to get up-close and
personal with these giants. Thanks to Nordex for creating such great functional
pieces of art. And last, but not least, thanks to National Wind Power and Green
Mountain for bringing a piece of the future to our area. What a sight !!!
Visit National Wind Power, GreenMountain
and Nordex for more information.
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