My travels took me past 6 of the large turbines and one solar farm installed in eastern Massachusetts. The results were mostly positive, but still mixed.
Of the 6 turbines 5 were working. A big improvement on my last trip when only 2 were operational and the rest were down for repairs. The only one still waiting on repairs has a shoddily built foundation that is crumbing and tilting on a 3 year old turbine. They have spent almost a year trying to figure out how to fix it without completely taking down the turbine. At this point disassembly would have fixed it faster. Relocation to another site is now being considered.
The solar farm was interesting. A rash of panel thefts has left the farm working at less than full capacity since opening in August 2012. As of Sunday they had finally replaced all of the missing panels. I was surprised to see a temporary banner advertising the panel manufacturer mounted on some poles at the fence line shown in the article. It was shading the western end of the array at 2 pm on a nice sunny day.
http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x326766926/Two-more-Carver-solar-panels-stolen 
