• Wind Turbine Data: Feb ’08

    Wind Turbine

    Though slightly hindered by a six-day period of downtime in the middle of the month, Carleton’s wind turbine still produced 215,634 kilowatt hours of clean and renewable electricity this past February, averting some 171.16 tons of carbon dioxide (based on 2004 EPA data for the state of Minnesota) from being emitted into the atmosphere. February 18th, 2007 was the most productive day at the turbine: winds of an average of 25 miles per hour generated 34,862 kilowatt hours over the course of the 24-hour period.

    In other Minnesota wind energy news, the University of Minnesota-Morris has received three Clean Renewable Energy Bonds from the IRS to build a second wind turbine on its campus, build a steam turbine atop a biomass facility, and purchase another off-campus wind turbine. We at Shrinking Footprints want to congratulate UMM, and also hope to make similar progress in making the Carleton campus, as well as the state of Minnesota, a more sustainable place.

  • Shrinking Footprints Headline News–March-2nd-9th

    Higher Education
    1. U Minnesota Morris to Install 2 Wind Turbines & a Steam Turbine
    2. Whitman C to Establish $100,000 Revolving Loan Fund
    3. Princeton Announces Sustainability Plan and GHG Commitment
    4. U Buffalo Switches to 100% Recycled Paper
    5. Harvard To Create Climate Task Force

    U.S. & International News
    6. New Proposal for Canada Lynx Habitat
    7. California Sues US Over Forest Plan
    8. Gordon Brown may legislate against free plastic bags
    9. ‘Black Cars’ Are Destined to Turn Green
    10. Japan may invest $1.93 bn in climate fund
    11. Is “Green” Power Money Misguided? Market is Booming, but Dot-Com Memories Make Some Worry Business of Green.
    12. Banks say in talks to shape U.S. climate policy
    13. Conti’s lithium-ion cell to power Mercedes hybrid
    14. Indonesia forest loss killing climate, endangered animals: WWF
    15. AMD, Intel, Levi Strauss Among Big Calif. Companies Joining Green Power Buying Group
    16. Investors Warned Against Coal-Fired Power Plants