Alternative energy preview
March 12, 2005, Cope Environmental Center will have a dedication ceremony for their new wind turbine. The Center had to work through the technical issues involved in installation, including collecting wind data at their site for several years, plus they had to obtain permission from the county for the construction, cutting new ground for the county planning and zoning board. Come and learn from their experience:
Wind power is the up- and-coming alternative energy for Indiana, said Lina Gordy, the executive director of Cope.
“A lot of people don’t know Indiana is an excellent place for using this wind energy, especially because of (the land’s) flatness,” Gordy said. “It’s a very low-impact technology and it’s affordable and suitable for lots of different places.”
The environmental center is in the process of developing a demonstration home to show alternative energy at work. The demo home combines wind and solar power to run necessary household appliances, including computers, hot water heaters and lighting.
Link to the Cope Center Site.
As the field of wind power develops, solutions are becoming more varied, and affordable. For instance, check out this British company, Windsave.
[Disclosure: I am on the Center's Board or Directors]
