First Wind Holdings Completes 40-Megawatt Sheffield Windfarm in Vermont

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--First Wind Holdings Incorporated (Newton, Massachusetts) has started operations of the 40-megawatt (MW) Sheffield Windfarm in Caledonia County, Vermont. The windfarm provides electricity through Vermont Electric Power Company Incorporated (Rutland, Vermont) to three Vermont utilities:

• Burlington Electric Department (Burlington , Vermont)
• Vermont Electric Cooperative Incorporated (Johnson, Vermont)
• Washington Electric Cooperative (East Montpelier, Vermont)

The windfarm consists of 16 Clipper Wind 2.5-MW wind turbine generators: four C96 models and 12 C93 models. It was constructed by engineering, procurement and construction contractor RMT Incorporated (Madison, Wisconsin) with the assistance of several Vermont-based business and contractors including:

• Carroll Concrete (Saint Johnsbury)
• Deter Security (Rutland)
• J.A. McDonald Incorporated (Lyndon Center)
• J.P. Sicard Incorporated Excavating (Barton)

First Wind currently has more than 730 MW of operational wind power in five states: Hawaii, Maine, New York, Vermont and Utah. The company also has more than 1,740 MW in planning, engineering or under construction in Hawaii, New York, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

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