Deerfield Wind Project

Readsboro and Searsburg, VT The 30 MW wind farm owned by Avangrid Renewables went online on December 29, 2017, despite a public uproar. The 15 turbines were manufactured by Siemens Gamesa, a company created earlier that year as the result of a merger between Spanish owned wind turbine manufacturer, Gamesa, …

Opposition Groups

Brattleboro Reformer: Protesters, including Annette Smith, executive director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, dressed as batwoman, greeted those arriving for a groundbreaking ceremony in September 2016 for the Deerfield Wind project in Readsboro and Searsburg, Vermont. The 15-turbine project began operating on December 29, 2017. Many mixed messages from …