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Turbines sprout as wind power draws attention in N.C.
It was a minor demonstration of the 50-kilowatt wind turbine, but over the next year it is expected to produce about 110,000 kilowatt hours - enough to power 10 homes - and save Blackwater around $10,000, Vogel said.
If this turbine, erected last month at a cost of $180,000, contributes enough to the electricity needs of the 70,000-square-foot Grizzly plant, then Blackwater could put up more turbines and add credence to the forecast that North Carolina coastal counties can effectively use wind power.
"We're in a wait-and-see mode on future installations," Vogel said.
The rest of the state is looking at the Blackwater turbine, said Brent Summerville, outreach and training programs manager for the North Carolina Small Wind Initiative at Appalachian State University.
"Everything that is installed is going to get scrutiny," Summerville said. "Projects like this
February 3, 2008
by Jeff Hampton
in The Virginian-Pilot
Ted Vogel, alternative energy officer for Blackwater, looked up toward the state's most powerful wind turbine.
Atop a 120-foot-tall tower near the building where the security company builds Grizzly armored personnel carriers, the turbine's three blades spun into a slow rotation, pushed by a stiff north wind.
"There you go," Vogel said.
It was a minor demonstration of the 50-kilowatt wind turbine, but over the next year it is expected to produce about 110,000 kilowatt hours - enough to power 10 homes - and save Blackwater around $10,000, Vogel said.
If this turbine, erected last month at a cost of $180,000, contributes enough to... [continue via Web link]
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