Farmington plant to use wind power (Maine)

[jpak]

http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/4406323.html

FARMINGTON -- Farmington's wastewater treatment plant will be getting some help from the wind -- not to dissipate any sewage processing aromas but to generate power.

The town has purchased a Skystream 3.7 wind generator that will be erected next week at the plant on Farmington Falls Road on a field along the Sandy River.

Skystream's distributor in Maine is All-Season Home Improvements of Augusta.

The town of Saco's wastewater treatment plant is believed to be the only other municipality in Maine to have invested in wind power to cut use of fossil fuels, said Roger Lambert, a distributor for Skystream.

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[kestrel91316]

1. They also need to be using their sewage sludge to generate biogas

for powering a generator. Like we have been doing in Los Angeles for over 50 years.