This Vermont town embraced a wind farm. Solar is a different story.

Published on May 21, 2026

Photography by Anna Watts LOWELL, Vt. — Doug Manning built his three-story home for the views. Mountain peaks ring the 800-person town of Lowell, and just beyond his back porch stretches a hayfield that the community uses as a kind of public square. The 44-acre open space hosts carnivals, sledders, and snowmobilers…

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