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With one wind turbine already spinning, another to be installed in January, and a third offshore turbine being considered, Hull is an ideal laboratory for modeling a desalination plant that runs off a combination of renewable energy and the electric grid, according to James Manwell, director of the Renewable Energy Research Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Hull has long depended on water piped in from wells in Hingham, at a cost of roughly $8 per 1,000 gallons, giving it among the highest water rates in the region. With the average family consuming nearly 71,000 gallons of water last year, officials said, Hull hopes that a wind-powered desalination system would both reduce water costs and give the town more control over its supply.
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