Burlington International Airport Installs First Wind Turbine

Heritage Aviation's on-site wind turbine in

Burlington, Vt.

By Craig Taylor

December 30, 2009

Burlington International Airport in Vermont had its first wind turbine installed at their new General Aviation Facility, Heritage Aviation.

The new Northwind 100 is a 100kW wind turbine, which will help Heritage Aviation to qualify their new office and hangar facilities for LEED certification.

In addition, the facility had a 25kW solar electric system and a solar hot water (thermal) system installed.

The photovoltaic (PV) solar electric system includes 120 Evergreen 210 watt solar panels on the office-building roof. The combined output of the wind turbine and both solar energy systems are expected to offset approximately $14,600 in energy costs at the location each year, and produce enough energy to power over 40 Vermont homes.

"We're proud to be on the leading edge of energy efficiency, corporate responsibility and environmental stewardship, in our region and in the aviation industry," said Christopher Hill, president of Heritage Aviation.

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