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NBC 10 Receives $40,000 Grant to Study Alternative Source Of Electricity At Transmitter Site In Rehoboth, MA

POSTED: 5:13 pm EDT July 1, 2005

The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) recently notified NBC 10 that it received a $39,690 feasibility grant to study the possibility of the installation of a wind turbine at it TV transmitter facility in Rehoboth, MA.

NBC 10 had applied for the grant earlier this year with the goals of generating electricity from a wind turbine for its facilities, saving energy costs, and educating the public about the benefits of renewable energy through site tours and school-based forums. .

“We are extremely pleased to receive this grant and excited to start our work,” said Lisa Churchville, NBC 10 President and GM. “We are grateful to the members of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative for funding this exploration of the use of alternative sources of electricity for our facility.”

Boreal Renewable Energy Development will lead the project with NBC 10 engineer Mark McMillan.

The Rehoboth TV transmitter site is 156 acres with a building, two towers already in place and adjacent open field. The grant money will be used to “verify on-site wind resources on the existing towers, in addition to performing an economic analysis, assessment on electrical interconnection, permitting, looking for potential interference of a wind turbine with TV transmissions, and wind turbine visualization.

The study is expected to take about four months, according to the consultants.

The benefits of renewable generation like wind turbines to generate electricity have been shown to decrease demand on electrical grids and reduce emissions found in fossil fuel power.

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NBC 10 is one of the 14 owned-and-operated stations. These stations, located in key markets across the United States, include New York (WNBC-TV), Los Angeles (KNBC), Chicago (WMAQ), Philadelphia (WCAU), San Francisco (KNTV), San Diego (KNSD), Dallas (KXAS), Birmingham (WVTM), Providence (WJAR), and Hartford (WVIT), Columbus (WCMH), Raleigh (WNCN), Miami (WTVJ), and Washington DC (WRC). Together these stations cover approximately 30 percent of the nation's viewing households, and annually generate more than $1 billion in revenue from advertising sales. In addition, NBC owns and operates 15 Telemundo stations in top Hispanic language markets, as well as the number one ranked station in Puerto Rico

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