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A 50-foot conversation-starter: Montana State University installs wind turbine on campus

Montana State University is now home to a working wind turbine, thanks to a crew of students, faculty, staff and volunteers who hoisted the 50-foot-tall tower into place Monday afternoon.

The turbine stands in a field just off Fifth Avenue on the southeast side of MSU. The crew worked through snow and cold weather for three days to install the turbine, said Robb Larson, who heads MSU’s Wind Applications Center and was in charge of the installation.

"This site, although not the greatest wind resource, is the best possible location for the turbine," Larson said, pointing at the engineering buildings only two blocks away. With the turbine so close by, students will be able visit and conduct research at the site, he said.

The turbine is part of the Montana Wind for Schools https://www.westerncommunityenergy.com/Wind_for_Schools.html program, which will install four similar turbines at schools in Cascade, Fairfield, Livingston and Stanford in the coming weeks. Students will use the turbines in lessons about alternative energy.

By Michael Becker, MSU News Service

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=6357

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