Princeton, MA Windmills Update

I took a drive to Princeton this weekend and discovered that some progress had been made on the windmill site for Princeton, Massachusetts' new green energy power generation facility. The first pylon has been erected with what appears to be the bottom two thirds of the tower. In order to capture the size of the windmill, I had to shoot from nearby Wachusett Mountain, as the tower is too high to show scale at close distance. The image below gives a better sense of how large the turbines will be.

(see enlarged view by clicking the image above,

windmill tower is just right of center, beneath crane.)

Though they will be huge, it seems sort of fitting somehow. There's a certain tranquility that is familiar to parts of northern Europe. I'll reserve final judgement until the blades are attached and I get a chance to hear how loud they are, and how fast they move. I am somewhat concerned for the avian wildlife that use the thermals in the area above to hunt and rest. I assume that they're smart enough to avoid an object as large as the windmills, but I don't know for certain.

As they are assembled further, I'll try to bring updates (both literally and visually). You can read my earlier post on the subject, with some nice details photos of the parts of the windmills, here: Princeton, MA Installs Two Wind Turbines.