We set up the anemometer far off from the road behind the playing fields of Osgood House. Between all of our collective experiences (Mark, Mike, Levi and myself) and our years at IMS we all agree that there’s good wind potential there. The fields are obviously wide open with good distance from any trees, the perch is right where the fields begin to slope down into the valley before coming back up onto the mountain. It seems like pretty much a perfect spot – this is also a great place for the turbine because the school has no plans and the area is not an ideal place for building – as the school expands over the coming decades this is not going to be their first choice of where to build. It’s out of the way, not where students typically walk or play… even with a 80 or 100 foot turbine the odds are basically zero that anyone is ever going to see it from the road, so all in all… let’s see what happens.

The plan is to take reading through the holidays and then do our first data check in mid-January when the students are all back and we can show them how to analyze the data, what it all means. What they can expect, etc… and of course see what the economics might be.

So, stay tuned for mid-Jan and I’ll post the results as I get them.