July 23, 2011
By Tom Dalton
Staff writer

“Although the wind project has been investigated for a few years, the first public forum is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 120 Washington St., the City Hall annex.

“A consultant working with the city's Renewable Energy Task Force recently completed a study based on a one-year wind test on Winter Island. Meridian Associates of Beverly concluded that ‘the site selected for this feasibility study appeared to have sufficient wind to be considered a financially feasible on-site wind generation project….’”