South Carolina Wind Power Opportunity
Energy Secretary Steven Chu addressed a symposium hosted at Clemson and emphasized the role that South Carolina could play in the green economy through advancement of wind power and turbine technology. Clemson will manage an investment project to create a wind power testing facility. ...
... "As part of that initiative, the energy department awarded the Restoration Institute and its partners a $45 million grant Nov. 23 to build and operate a large-scale wind turbine drive train testing facility at the institute’s research campus on the former Navy base in North Charleston. " ...Via Clemson University: Chu on Green Economy
Clemson wind power testing program:
Clemson Restoration Institute: "The testing facility will be housed in Building 69, a former Navy warehouse adjacent to existing rail and ship-handling infrastructure, and will be capable of full-scale highly accelerated testing of advanced drive train systems for wind turbines in the 5 megawatt to 15 megawatt range, with a 30 percent overload capacity. "
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