And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:51:25 EST >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Wind Power >X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 41 > >Good morning, Ish - > >I got this off the Environmental Network News Service - I wonder if this could >not help the reservations around the nation - Please help spread this around. >. I will be happy to research further if anyone wants, and/or make >connections. . . > >Martha > >Iowa schools tap power of the wind >Wednesday, December 23, 1998 >Wind energy is being employed in four school districts around Iowa. >Schools in Forest City, Iowa, will receive a different kind of Christmas >gift this year. > >The district will begin operating a 600-kilowatt turbine this month that >will supply the schools with non-polluting wind energy, according to >Prochaska & Associates engineering firm. > >The district is the third in Iowa to begin using wind energy. > >The project began when Paul Smith, a former student at Forest City, >presented a research paper on wind energy to the city school board >several years ago. The presentation generated a great deal of interest >and spurred the current wind turbine program, which utilizes a >50-meter-diameter Nordex Balcke-Duerr wind turbine from Denmark. > >In addition to incorporating wind energy into the classroom curriculum, >the school district will have a web site with a microprocessor-based >connection to the turbine. The site will display real-time electrical >production and wind energy data. The turbine is expected to provide 80 >percent to 90 percent of the school's electrical needs. > >Across the state, another school district, Akron-Westfield Community >Schools, will be the fourth district to host its own wind turbine when >installation of a 600-kilowatt Vestas unit is completed in mid-January. > >Students at Akron-Westfield school were involved with its wind project >from the very beginning when 20 were chosen to assist in the analysis, >schematic design, construction documentation and construction >administration of the wind turbine. The group of students and their >mentors will be recognized at a national education conference in San >Diego, Calif., in January. > >"The impact these projects have had on our future energy leaders has >been positive," said Paul Ryan, spokesperson for Prochaska & Associates >engineering firm. "Besides the 3Es (educational, environmental and >economic benefits), these projects pave the way for other public and >private entities to investigate this viable technology." > >Forest City Schools superintendent Dwight Pierson said the educational >benefit of his district's project was one of its greatest selling >points. "We will give our students first hand experience in a technology >that may be a big part of their energy future. We also want to share >this data with other school districts and wind energy enthusiasts," he >said. > >Two other Iowa schools, Nevada and Spirit Lake, own and operate wind >turbines, with Spirit Lake having two machines. Other school districts >considering a wind turbine for power include Clarion-Goldfield and >Eudora-New Providence. > >For more information, contact Michelle Montague, American Wind Energy >Association, (202)383-2508. > >Copyright 1998, Environmental News Network, All Rights Reserved > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Related stories: >�Modest cost forecast for wind energy growth >�Professor predicts oil's demise >�States get $1.4 million for renewable energy >�Wind power: a new energy frontier for Texas > > >Related sites: >�American Wind Energy Association >�Wind Power Monthly >�Renewable Energy Policy Project >�DOE: Wind Energy Program > > >External sites are not endorsed by ENN -- Pages will open in a new >browser window. > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
