Lempster Mountain Wind Power Project is a 24-megawatt
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...
, opened in 2008 in
Lempster, New Hampshire
Lempster is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,118 at the 2020 census. Settlements include the town center (Lempster village) and the village of East Lempster.
History
First granted by colonial govern ...
in the northeast United States. Owned by
Iberdrola
Iberdrola () is a Spanish multinational electric utility company based in Bilbao, Spain. Iberdrola has a workforce of around 34,000 employees serving around 31.67 million customers. Subsidiaries include Scottish Power (United Kingdom) ...
, it is the first major wind-power installation in the state of
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
.
NH Brusiness Review: Wind farm in Lempster picks up steam" Nov. 7, 2008
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Located 5 miles from Mount Sunapee
Mount Sunapee (or Sunapee Mountain on federal maps) is a mountain ridge in the towns of Newbury and Goshen in western New Hampshire, United States. Its highest peak, at the north end of the mountain, is above sea level. The mountain has three ...
, it has 12 wind turbines stretching over several connected ridgelines.
Image:Lempster Wind Farm-1.jpg, Wind turbine tower
Image:Lempster Wind Farm-2.jpg, Lempster Wind Farm
References
External links
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Lempster Wind information from Iberdrola
Energy infrastructure completed in 2008
Buildings and structures in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Wind farms in New Hampshire
Lempster, New Hampshire
2008 establishments in New Hampshire