Adopted from the Cornell Chronicle, dated August 6, 2007:
With the thin, dark coastlines of Maine and New Hampshire visible in the far distance across a shimmering Gulf of Maine, engineers use a backhoe to fit a 2,000-pound cylinder of galvanized steel onto a huge metal base.
The cylinder is part of the 80-foot-tall wind turbine about to generate electricity on Appledore Island, home of Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML).
Cornell partners with the University of New Hampshire to operate this remote facility, located six miles offshore, where students study such subjects as marine biology, ecology and sustainability every summer.
Powered by this new energy source, an array of instruments on the island will collect air quality and meteorological measurements year-round, instead of having to be shut off in October when SML staff batten down the lab and turn off the diesel-powered generators for the winter. The wind turbine also symbolizes SML's efforts to make Appledore a case study for innovative sustainable practices.
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