HANCOCK, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Imagine climbing 276 steps to change a light bulb. That's all in a day's work for Rian Harford. The Zephyr wind turbine towers over Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Massachusetts. He's a mountain operations mechanic at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort. And that light bulb isn't just a regular light bulb. It belongs inside an air-traffic warning light that sits 253 feet high upon a wind turbine. Jiminy Peak, in Hancock, Massachusetts, touts itself as the first ski resort in North America to feature such a structure. The idea to build the turbine came to company president and CEO Brian Fairbank after years of struggling with the astronomical cost of making snow.
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Jiminy Peak bills itself as first North American ski resort with wind turbine
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Ski resort's turbine shaves $450,000 a year from energy bill
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Turbine produces enough power for more than 600 homes
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Boston professor warns that wind turbines kill bats that help ecosystem
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