By Aubry Bracco
hamptonunion@seacoastonline.com
August 25, 2009 2:00 AM

HAMPTON FALLS — The first wind turbine in Hampton Falls is up and running at 330 Exeter Road.

On Aug. 15, friends, relatives and neighbors gathered on property owned by Stephen and Gayle Szydlo for a nearly four-hour Saturday morning spectacle that ended with the successful raising of a 45-foot fiberglass blade Skystream wind turbine.

The final installation of the turbine by Rich Brady and Jeff Goodman of WindGuys USA, based out of Rye Beach, comes after a nearly three-month process. Since May, the Szydlos have written letters to abutters and obtained a building permit. A four-foot deep fiber cement base, which cured for approximately 30 days, was also poured. The Szydlos' master electrician, Wes Sanford, has also been working to prepare conduits and wiring in preparation for the final installation.

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By Aubry Bracco
hamptonunion@seacoastonline.com
July 17, 2009 6:00 AM

HAMPTON FALLS — A wind turbine is about to make its debut in Hampton Falls on property owned by Gayle and Stephen Szydlo.

The residents are the first to take advantage of a newly approved town zoning ordinance. The Small Wind Energy Systems Ordinance, which was approved during the March 10 election, is intended to complement recent New Hampshire legislation, which established a process of review for small wind energy projects.

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June 13: On opposite sides of the Potomac River sit symbols of U.S. electricity, both present, and possibly future: smokestacks of coal-fired power and a personal wind turbine. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.

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By Erica Thoits
NHmagazine.com
June 1, 2009

There are some tempting tax credits available for those homeowners willing to invest in renewable energy.

June is when Granite Staters emerge, take stock of their homes and start on the to-do list of repairs, additions and improvements. This season think about your drafty windows and doors, wheezing furnace, inadequate insulation or leaky roof and consider fixing them in an environmentally friendly way — it might just pay off.

The two types of tax credits are more appealing than ever. The first type, for less expensive improvements, gives you a 30 percent credit for the first $1,500 spent on products such as energy efficient windows and doors, pellet stoves and insulation.

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