EEF

Project goals: To create a report on the feasibility of installing several utility scale wind turbines on Earlham's back campus

Comprehensive report

• Due to Doug Bennett after spring break
• To include answers to the questions:
  • How much wind do we have?
  • What hardware should we install?
  • What zoning requirements would utility scale wind turbines need?
  • What would we do with the power generated?
  • What are the benefits of having wind energy on campus?

Wind data Google Earth mashup

• Purpose: to overlay the wind data we have on a map to get an idea of why there is such wide local variation
• Thus far:
  • Import RP&L data into PostgresSQL
  • Generate a spreadsheet that has windspeed frequencies divided by direction
  • Use the R package Climatol to generate windroses