The Vermont Small-Scale Wind Energy Demonstration Program is a product of a series of US Department of Energy (DOE) grants secured by Senator Jim Jeffords and administered by the Vermont Department of Public Service (DPS), with the goal of advancing wind energy in Vermont. To achieve this goal, DPS has provided funding for the installation of approximately 20 wind turbine systems at schools, municipal and state facilities, and agricultural sites around Vermont. Together the systems provide up to 200 kilowatts of clean and renewable energy into the local electric grid, while trimming electric bills and providing a valuable educational resource.


To better understand the performance of these wind turbine systems in Vermont's varied landscapes, DPS asked VERA to install performance monitoring equipment at all of these systems, and to monitor and analyze their performance. The data collected from the wind turbine systems is posted monthly to the program website, which was launched in March 2006. VERA oversaw the design of this website and continues to maintain it on a regular basis.