Gloucester’s first wind turbine – photo of the barge wending through the harbor in 2012. I recall how excited the community was when the turbines began to arrive. I don’t think of the turbines as a failure but a teaching moment. Aside from the differing viewpoints on cost effectiveness, going forward, there are more suitable places to build wind turbines than in such close proximity to people’s homes.
I thought everyone would like to know that a photo of mine, Gloucester’s First Wind Turbine, has been licensed for a million-run children’s textbook on wind farming. I think its pretty exciting that our turbine and Gloucester Harbor will be featured not only in one million textbooks, but in the electronic version of the book as well. Upon publication, the publisher is sending a copy of the book and I plan to donate it to the Sawyer Free Library. This photo was shot at daybreak last October while filming the barge transporting the wind turbine through Gloucester Harbor.
Thanks to a google search, I found this very handy Stock Photo License Pricing for Editorial Use chart and it really helped to negotiate a fair price: Photographers Index