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Town turns off wind project, opts for solar energy

Officials conclude turbine project not cost-effective

By Robert Knox

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 02, 2012

Duxbury officials have decided to buy solar energy produced elsewhere and take their own wind project off the table. Town officials signed a 20-year agreement with a solar energy company that plans to build its facility in Acushnet. They said the agreement will save the town more money on its energy costs than it could save by going ahead with a controversial project to build a wind turbine on town land.

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