Southwestern College is one of four sites to have been
selected to receive Wind for Schools grants this year. Last November, Green
Team Director, Jason Speegle applied for the grant which is arranged by Kansas
State University and funded in part by Westar. “I felt that we [Southwestern]
had a very strong application. We had letters of support from the City of
Winfield, USD 465, and Cates Supply (local wind turbine installers). I also
received unwavering support from the administration of the college as well as
the plant operations director,” according to Speegle. Speegle says that he and the administration
of the college learned a lot during the installation of the wind turbine in the
summer of 2011 and that knowledge will certainly aid them in the process of
installing this next turbine.
The details of the installation are not yet fully known. According
to Speegle, “the announcement that Southwestern had been selected as a site was
made a couple of weeks ago. We will receive more details in the near future.” Due
to zoning, the site of the wind turbine installation will be near the new plant
operations building in the corner of Warren St. and Viking Blvd. Southwestern will
choose the type of turbine that is to be installed. The turbine will either be
a Skystream 2.4, identical to the turbine installed at Southwestern in August
of 2011 or a Raum 3.5, a slightly more powerful turbine.
Circle High School, Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School,
and Western Plains High School were the other three sites selected to receive
wind turbine grants this year.
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