Green Mountain Power's Lowell wind project is facing a potential $11 million cost increase because of transmission upgrades requested by the operators of the New England electric grid.

Town officials in Lowell say opponents of a wind project there should give up and go home. Voters in Lowell supported the development by a strong majority at their 2010 Town Meeting. The 21 turbine project was approved by the Public Service Board and is under construction. But protests have continued on the Lowell ridgeline.

The Shumlin Administration says the state should consider lifting a moratorium on wind development on public land. The recommendation is contained in a draft state energy plan, and it's drawing fire from environmental groups.

Reporter John Dillon provides analysis on the status of the Lowell Mountain wind project.

Protesters challenging construction of a wind project in the Northeast Kingdom town of Lowell must stay 1,000 feet away from a blasting zone or risk being found in contempt of court.

Construction of a road that is being built to carry equipment up the mountain has stopped for the time being. But work continues on parts of the wind project devoted to handling storm water.

Opponents to the wind power project planned for the ridge line of northern Vermont's Lowell Mountain have started an occupation designed to halt blasting for the project.

Environmental officials in Vermont say they've signed off on five environmental permits for the Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell.

Green Mountain Power says work started on its Lowell Mountain wind project without state permission. The work included filling in a wetland that was supposed to be protected to lessen the impact of the ridgeline development. The Agency of Natural Resources is now investigating.

The Public Service Board has approved Green Mountain Power's proposal for a wind project on Lowell Mountain in the Northeast Kingdom. The utility wants to build 20 to 21 turbines, each over 400 feet tall, along 3 miles of the ridgeline. Map: View the status of wind projects in Vermont Earlier: Protesters Voice Opposition

The Vermont Electric Cooperative says it will vote in July on a transmission line upgrade needed for the Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell, even though the project doesn't have its final state approval yet.

Vermont lawmakers want to accelerate appeals of acontroversial wind project in Lowell because they worry it could lose federal taxsubsidies if it's delayed. Butopponents of the Green Mountain Power development say their appeal rights couldbe violated if the bill passes.

Opponents of a plan to build a wind farm atop a Vermont mountain ridge are taking their message to the Statehouse.

Former Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Steve Wright and Robert Dostis of Green Mountain Power offer differing points of view on the need for the industrial wind project in Lowell.

We hear both sides of the debate on the Lowell wind project, which, if approved, would become the state's largest. Plus, we listen back to the voices in the news this week.

The state of Vermont and Green Mountain Power have struck a deal that removes a major obstacle to the utility's Lowell Mountain wind project. The agreement calls for protecting wildlife habitat that would be affected by the roads and development on the ridgeline.

A noise expert will testify today about the sounds created by wind turbines at a Vermont Public Service Board hearing on the proposed Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell.

The Public Service Board has opened hearings on Green Mountain Power's plans to harness the wind that blows over a mountain ridge in the Northeast Kingdom.

VPR's John Dillon talks with Jane Lindholm about the finances, science and cultural sensitivity of large-scale wind energy projects in Vermont.

This week, the Public Service Board opens hearings on Vermont's largest wind development - a proposal for 21 wind turbines that would stand 440 feet tall on a ridgeline in Lowell. Developers hoped to avoid some of the controversy that other projects have faced by asking for, and winning, voters' support last Town Meeting Day. But it hasn't been that easy.