WIND POWER VERMONT DOCUMENTARY

People have used the wind to propel their boats for many thousands of years and are still doing so. This documentary will focus on the use of wind for mechanical and electrical purposes.

Specifically, it is relatively unknown that in 1941 in Vermont, the first megawatt-size wind turbine on Grandpa’s Knob, was connected to the local electrical grid. The 1.25-MW Smith-Putnam wind turbine is erected in Castletown, Vermont. It had two blades 75 feet in length. Incredibly, it took aver 40 years before this feat was once again accomplished.

The documentary will be focusing on how this came about, those involved, how the turbine was developed and built, and its impact on the future of power producing wind turbines.