Georgia Mt. Community Wind Open House draws over 750 local visitors
Georgia Mt. Community Wind Open House draws over 750 local visitors
Milton/Georgia, Vermont, USA …  The photos are in and the visitors are tallied.  Georgia Mountain Community Wind farm (GMCW) opened the turbine doors and greeted over 750 community members atop Georgia Mountain at their Sunday open house recently. The Open House and Dedication…
Georgia Mt. Community Wind produces 1 million kWh in single week
Vermont’s long, careful path to renewable energy, pt. 2: the regulatory record
Vermont’s long, careful path to renewable energy, pt. 2: the regulatory record
by: John Walters (jvwalt) Tue Mar 19, 2013 at 20:24:10 PM EDT http://www.greenmountaindaily.com/diary/9771/vermonts-long-careful-path-to-renewable-energy-pt-2-the-regulatory-record Opponents of utility-scale wind development in Vermont have said a lot of untrue and inflammatory things about wind energy. They accuse wind developers and advocates of a…
Georgia Mt. Community Wind project complete, available to power local First Night celebrations
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Who Are We?

Georgia Mountain Community Wind, LLC is a partnership between two lifelong native Vermont business owners with a passion for home grown renewable energy: The Jim Harrison family of Georgia, VT owns and operates its own third-generation family businesses of Harrison…

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What Are We?

Georgia Mountain Community Wind is the first commercial-scale wind project in Chittenden & Franklin Counties. This four-turbine, 10 megawatt wind turbine project is locally owned by Vermont business owners and employers with a passion for home grown renewable energy. The…

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Where Are We?

Georgia Mountain Community Wind is located above the Harrison family’s Georgia Mountain Maples sugaring operation, straddling the line between the towns of Milton (Chittenden County) and Georgia (Franklin County), Vermont atop Georgia Mountain. Two wind turbines are in Milton on Georgia…

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It is incredibly exciting to have this project complete and powering the community. So much about this project features the best of local community wind, from where the energy will be used and where the workers came from, to the project’s local financing. Since growing up with a view of Grandpa’s Knob where Vermont’s first utility wind turbine stood in the 1940s, I’ve wanted to see Vermonters return to our roots of greater self-reliance and stewardship for our future.
-- David Blittersdorf Managing Partner, GMCW