Live Wind Turbine Raising Today At Skyline School

Submitted by ccollins on 03/28/11
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The Skyline School in Portland, Oregon is raising its wind turbine and tower today between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. today Pacific Time. You can check out a live video cam feed of the installation at:

http://www.solar4rschools.org/node/953

Enter USERNAME: skylinek8 (lowercase)
PASSWORD: windy (lowercase) to view the live feed.

You may need to enter the username and password several times at each prompt.

The XZERES 110 is a 2.5 kilowatt (KW) wind turbine that will be placed on a 90-foot monopole tower that is capable of producing approximately 4,265 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually.

That is enough energy to power two average classrooms for a year or a video game system for 25 years straight!

The Skyline School Wind Turbine Project was made possible by funding from the Northwest Environmental Defense Council, the Energy Trust of Oregon, the Bonneville Environmental Foundation and the Oregon Department of Energy Business Energy Tax Credit.

 

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