{"id":1616,"date":"2005-09-16T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-16T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/09\/16\/donated-wind-turbine-provides-power-and-education\/"},"modified":"2005-09-16T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-16T14:09:00","slug":"donated-wind-turbine-provides-power-and-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/donated-wind-turbine-provides-power-and-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Donated Wind Turbine Provides Power and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
From The Martha’s Vineyard Times<\/a>,<\/p>\n A $90,000 wind turbine project planned for the high school not only will produce some of its electricity, but is also intended to serve as a model of effective renewable energy use and as an educational resource for students. Best of all, it is free, thanks to the generosity of someone on the Island.<\/p>\n “An anonymous donor from the community came to us with a vision for installing a wind turbine to make electricity at the high school. Our company has been involved with renewable energy for a long time, and the donor knew us,” said Phil Forest, project manager from South Mountain Company<\/a> (SMC), the Island business that was awarded the contract. “She has been interested in renewable energy for a long time, and she wanted to make a difference. I think it’s great that she was motivated to make that difference as an educational opportunity for students.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I think it’s great that some see the need to provide educational resources on renewable energy, and a working wind turbine that’s producing power goes light years beyond mere curriculum. At the same time, I hope we see similar donations going to urban and rural school districts that often can’t buy books, much less renewable energy equipment.<\/p>\n Categories: wind<\/a>, turbine<\/a>, Martha’s Vineyard<\/a>, education<\/a>, school<\/a>, renewable<\/a>, energy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From The Martha’s Vineyard Times, A $90,000 wind turbine project planned for the high school not only will produce some of its electricity, but is also intended to serve as [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n