Baucus, Tester announce money for innovative wind power research – "Wind Innovations" of Bozeman, MT

Wind Fins could make wind a ‘cash crop’ in Montana
from the Office of Senator Jon Tester

A Bozeman-based company will receive an $80,000 grant to research an innovative new way to harness wind power, Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester announced today.

Full Story: http://tester.senate.gov/News/record.cfm?id=274585

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Bozeman company, Wind Innovations pitches wind energy idea with $80,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Smaller and less-expensive ways to gather energy from the wind could be on the horizon, helped in part by a pair of federal grants.

Wind Innovations, a new company working in Bozeman, is hoping to develop "wind fins" as an alternative to traditional turbines. Instead of circling blades, these devices would include a single mast — comparable to a beefy flagpole — and a "fin" that looks something like a flag hung vertically, which then oscillates in the wind.

By SCOTT McMILLION Chronicle Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2007/05/22/news/50wind.txt