Wind turbines atop a mountain in the Berkshires could soon help four area communities meet their power needs.
Municipal utilities in Ipswich, Marblehead, Peabody, and Wakefield, along with those in 10 other communities, recently teamed with a nonprofit corporation to acquire the assets of a planned 15-megawatt wind farm on the summit of Brodie Mountain in the western Massachusetts town of Hancock.
The wind farm, the first in the state to be owned collectively by a group of municipal utilities, would provide enough power to supply 6,000 homes, according to the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co., the nonprofit that is partnering with the local utilities.
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