University of Nebraska - Wind Application Center

http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/schools_wfs_participants.asp#wac

Lincoln, NE
Dan McGuire
McGuireConsultng@aol.com

A Wind Application Center is implemented at a state university or college under the leadership of an interested university professor. The Wind Application Centers provide technical assistance to rural schools (analyzing the wind resource, energy usage, siting, permitting, land use, financials, overseeing the installation of the power and the data acquisition system and analyzing the performance data). Typically new candidate schools will be identified in the early fall with students from the Wind Application Center conducting analysis and system permitting during the fall academic semester. The turbines will be installed in the spring, possibly as a junior or senior academic project. This project implementation experience, combined with wind curricula offered through the Wind Application Center will help to produce graduate engineers and systems analysts knowledgeable in the wind application process and hopefully interested in pursuing wind energy as a career.

Retrieved from WindPowering America website on 1/20/2010.