An Eco Experience at our state fair
Eco Experience at MN state fair: photo by ahhyeah
Look for the 123 ft wind turbine blade
Going to Minnesota's State air? Don't miss the Eco Experience in the Progress Center building. Look for the 123ft. tall blade from a 1.5 megawatt wind turbine. It is at the NW corner near Snelling. Like everything served on a stick, this could be "wind on a stick".
Minnesota Public Radio website has a slideshow of what you will see. The exhibits within have a strong emphasis on energy efficiency...how to use the energy you do use carefully. Below is a breakdown of topics and activities. Each link will take you to more information. Also here is a map (pdf).
- What is the problem
water
hydrogen
food
green buildings
solar
transportation
wind
for kids
reduce, reuse, recycle
live performances
The Eco Experience is an opportuity to talk with and learn from regional leaders in energy conservation. The University of Minnesota's solar race car is there as well as lots of ideas you can use in your homes. Maybe I will see you there. I plan to volunteer at the University of Minnesota – Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE) booth. The Minnesota pollution control website has links to other participant websites.
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Thanks for posting this info! Sounds like a very interesting exhibit, and one of our staff members will be volunteering there later this week.
Regards,
Thomas O. Gray
American Wind Energy Association
www.awea.org
www.ifnotwind.org
For a look at the huge blade, here is a large photo of it during its installation.
You can actually see more photos by simple changing the URL of that picture a bit. Here are the others (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.)
The blade was installed by a group called Windustry. Read all about the process or check out the photo gallery. It's pretty amazing to see how much of a base they had to lay to support this blade.
I thought this was cool to research. I look forward to going to the State Fair next year.
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