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Harvard University announced Monday that more than 10 percent of the electricity consumed on its Cambridge and Allston campuses soon will be supplied from a wind farm in northern Maine. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, this agreement will make Harvard the largest purchaser of wind power by a university or college in New England.
Last year, Harvard's Cambridge and Allston campuses used more than 247,000,000 kWh.
Under the agreement reached with First Wind, a Massachusetts-based company, Harvard will purchase half of the power generated by the planned Stetson Wind II facility near Danforth, Maine, as well as the associated renewable energy certificates. First Wind will begin building the facility immediately, and is expected to start generating clean, renewable power by mid-2010.
Over the past few months, Harvard has announced several renewable-energy projects, including installing a 500 kW solar panel array on one of its buildings. The First Wind agreement represents another step in Harvard's growing effort to reduce its environmental impact.
Electricity from Stetson Wind II will be generated by 17 General Electric, 1.5 MW turbines. This project follows Stetson Wind I, a 38-turbine, 57 MW-facility that went on line in January.
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