From Alaska Dispatch, Tuesday, October 27, 2009:
According to a Business Wire press release (via Reuters), a residential wind turbine installed by Helix Wind Corp. in Dutch Harbor withstood its first major winter storm. The storm brought winds in excess of 80 mph, and the turbine worked perfectly. One of its owners, Joshua Williams, said after acknowledging he sometimes dreads the cold, wet winters, “After this last storm, as I watched our new wind turbine generate the sea winds back at us, it felt good to get even!” Read more here. Alaska Beat’s favorite part? The release made certain to note: “Dutch Harbor’s weather is considered among the worst in the world.”