Friday, July 24, 2009

Tilting at Windmills ... installing them that is

Have any of you recently had windmills installed at your schools? I'm
thinking it might be an interesting project this year to lead a group of
students through the process of researching, planning and promoting the
placement of a windmill on our school's campus. If others have already
been through a similar process it would be great to hear about your
experiences. (I've started a discussion on this subject over on ISEN here:
http://isenet.ning.com/forum/topics/installing-windmills-at-our

I'm thinking of a relatively small windmill like this:
[ http://www.windenergysolutions.ca/documents/WES5Tulipo_001.pd
]http://www.windenergysolutions.ca/documents/WES5Tulipo_001.pdf

The set of videos about the construction of this windmill on Nantucket
provide a good starting point for understanding the complexity of the
process.
[ http://www.plumtv.com/videos/bartletts-farm-windmill/index.htm
]http://www.plumtv.com/videos/bartletts-farm-windmill/index.html

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