It will pay for itself in five years, through reduced electricity bills. It will reduce national CO2 emissions by over one thousand tonnes annually. The total cost was €1m.
Dundalk Institute of Technology/Centre for Renewable Energy – Ireland In 2002 the Dundalk Institute of Technology established The Centre for Renewable
Energy, a research unit within the college campus. The manager of the
centre, Mr Lawrence Staudt has been involved with renewable energy since
1978 in both Europe and the USA. The aim of the centre is to assist with
Ireland’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, through
research, academic programmes and information dissemination. The centre
awarded a contract to Vestas Celtic Wind Technology to erect a wind
turbine on the campus and the project was completed in August 2005.
The turbine
is rated at 850 kilowatts, and provides over half of DkIT’s
electricity needs, with the rest coming from the national grid.
The average
power output over the year is approximately 250 kilowatts
Any excess
electricity is sold to the electricity company, Airtricity.
The turbine
stands 60 metre tall, with each blade length at 26m.
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It will pay for itself in five years, through reduced electricity bills. It will reduce national CO2 emissions by over one thousand tonnes annually. The total cost was €1m.
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