As for green jobs, since the scores of construction workers left in early winter ...Lempster Wind has just three. There's a plant manager; a local man training to become a wind technician; and a representative from Gamesa, the Spanish company that made the turbines for Iberdrola, the company that built and owns Lempster Wind. He's on-site to tweak performance during this first year of operation, which is common for wind farms.

Remember when tourists were going to make New Hampshire rich, before the recession turned "staycation" into a buzzword? Nowadays, green jobs are often draped with that role of economic savior.

At Lempster Mountain Wind Farm, where 12 huge wind turbines are New Hampshire's poster child for large-scale alternative energy, you can find a bit of both those income producers - although only a bit.

"We actually have people coming up here to view them. They ask for directions, how they can get closer," said Cathy Sturgeon, who owns Sturgeon's General Store on Route 10, the main north-south route through tiny Lempster, near Mount Sunapee.

"If they didn't know they were there, they'll stop in and buy a disposable camera!" she said, noting that she has sold out of three orders of "windmill T-shirts."

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