Georgia Mountain Community Wind, LLC1042 Dorset Street , Charlotte, Vermont, United States

Georgia Mountain Community Wind, LLC is a partnership between two lifelong native Vermont business owners with a passion for home grown renewable energy:  Jim-Harrison-GMCWThe Jim Harrison family of Georgia, VT owns and operates its own third-generation family businesses of Harrison Concrete Const., and Redi-Mix Corp.  In addition, their Georgia Mountain Maples company is an agricultural maple sugaring operation co-existing where the wind turbines will be constructed.  These family members strongly believe that home-grown renewable energy is important for our future.

What We Are

Georgia Mountain Community Wind is the first commercial-scale wind project in Chittenden & Franklin Counties. This four-turbine, 10 megawatt wind turbine project is locally owned by Vermont business owners and employers with a passion for home grown renewable energy. The project provides long-term, stably priced power along with economic benefits to Vermonters by harnessing the power of the winds flowing across the Champlain Valley.  GMCW focuses on local jobs from development and permitting through construction, and is financed by Merchants Bank of Burlington, VT.  All of the power output of GMCW, as well as the Renewable Energy Credits, goes to the nearby Burlington Electric Department through a long-term stably priced power purchase agreement and is meeting the needs of more than 4,200 average Vermont households.

Where We Are

Georgia Mountain Community Wind is located above the Harrison family’s Georgia Mountain Maples sugaring operation, straddling the line between the towns of Milton (Chittenden County) and Georgia (Franklin County), Vermont atop Georgia Mountain.  Two wind turbines are in Milton on Georgia Mountain Maples property and two are  in Georgia on Green Crow property.  Each 2.5 megawatt permanent magnet direct drive wind turbine is mounted on an 80 m (262 ft.) tower.  Each has three 50 m (164 ft.) blades attached at the nacelle.