Vermont's second largest utility applied this week for permits to build a major wind power project on a ridgeline in the Northeast Kingdom.

Green Mountain Power has filed for permission to build a new wind power project in the Northeast Kingdom. The wind farm in Lowell would generate enough electricity to power 20,000 homes and would be the largest generator owned by GMP.

Vermont's two largest utilities have won approval to buy power from a wind project in northern New Hampshire. They've been under pressure to line up new power sources as current contracts expire - including those with Vermont Yankee.

Vermont's two largest electric utilities have won approval to buy power from a large wind project in northern New Hampshire.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with reporter John Dillon about the way Vermont handles applications for wind development.

Developers won't build a controversial wind farm that had been planned on a ridgeline in Ira.  Vermont Community Wind was considering 45 potential turbine sites for an 80-megawatt wind farm.

We get a behind-the-scenes look at what the state's chief medical examiner does.  Also, VPR's John Dillon updates us on plans for large wind projects.  And we learn about how friends of a former Vermont prom queen are remembering her.

Renewable energy advocates say Vermont lags behind other New England states in supporting large-scale wind projects. They cite a recent decision by developers to postpone a controversial wind project in Ira as evidence that the state is an unfriendly place to do business.

A new potential roadblock has been raised to a commercial wind farm that developers want to build in Ira and Poultney. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says the ridgelines being considered for the project are rare and irreplaceable natural areas that should be protected. 

Yesterday voters in Lowell approved a measure to support the development of the Kingdom Community Wind Project. And it was a wide margin 342 to 114.

Two Vermont towns voted on wind projects on Town Meeting Day, and they ended up going separate ways.

Voters in Ira are expected to weigh in tomorrow on a controversial wind farm that's being proposed in their town. The nonbinding question is expected to generate a lot of debate. 

We look at the effectiveness of Vermont's government incentives program, used to attract and keep jobs in the state.  Also, an update on the Lowell Wind Project, and we open our mailbag.

VPR's Jane Lindholm gets an update on the upcoming vote for a wind project in Lowell from Burlington Free Press environmental reporter Candace Page.

Residents of the northern Vermont town of Lowell will soon decide whether to endorse what would become the state's largest wind energy project to date.

Green Mountain Power is asking the Vermont Public Service Board for permission to measure wind in the Lowell Mountain range.

The Vermont Public Service Board is weighing views both pro and con on a wind-power project proposed for a ridge line straddling the line between Milton and Georgia.

The town of Ira is holding a public meeting Wednesday so townspeople can talk over a proposal that has upset many in the small community.  A large scale commercial wind farm is being proposed for Ira and five other towns west of Rutland.   If completed, it would be the second largest energy producer in the state after Vermont Yankee.