Through my work at the Island Institute, I became involved with the creation of a 4.5 megawatt wind farm on Vinalhaven Island, out in the middle of Penobscot Bay in midcoast Maine. It was an audacious effort on the part of a handful of islanders who were determined to beat down the exorbitantly high price of electricity on their offshore home. I will spare you any further details, but suffice it to say, the project was a great success and the three beautiful turbines are, as I write this, out there churning away in the ever colder and more relentless winds of approaching winter.
The full stories behind each of the images in this collection can be found under the "Print of the Week" link on my gallery's website.
