Monday, June 10, 2013

Mount St Mary's - solar farm

The sisters of Mount St Mary's Abbey installed a wind turbine a couple of years ago. It helps to power their candy store operations.  http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/09/mount-st-marys-new-candy-house.html

You can purchase their candy on site or via their web store  http://www.trappistinecandy.com/


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Mt St Mary's Abbey - wind turbine
The wind turbine in action as captured in a 2010 video
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2010/02/abbey-wind-turbine.html


Recently they signed an agreement with the Town of Franklin to install a solar farm. The Town Council voted in November 2012 to approve the deal.  http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/11/real-time-reporting-legislation.html


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Mt St Mary's Abbey - solar farm


I stopped by on Sunday to grab these photos of the construction underway for this solar farm.

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Mt St Mary's Abbey - solar farm 2


The frames are sturdy and follow the contour of the ground.  Completely installed the farm is reported to generate 6 megawatts of electricity.

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Mt St Mary's Abbey - solar farm 3


The galvanized steel (?) is shining in the sunlight. When the panels are installed the sunlight will be generating electricity.


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Mt St Mary's Abbey - solar farm 4

Additional links
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/07/its-win-win-for-town.html

Mount St Mary's Abbey = http://abbey.msmabbey.org/

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