Wind Energy Does Its Work on Airport

Michael Bass

Soc. 202 Current Event

4/19/09

Wind Turbines on Top of Airport

                                                Wind Use to Make Wind Use

 

            The Greater Rochester International Airport located in Rochester, New York, has recently undergone plans to install solar panels and wind turbines of the roof of the airport in the attempt to “go green” and save money. Wind turbines, usually quite large, would normally disrupt radar signals for incoming and outgoing airplanes. The turbines in planning, however, are smaller, no larger than six feet tall: this is to ensure that they do not come within significant range for radar. The most recent plans tell us that the first turbine will be up around the first of July. Professor Carl Lundgren comments that airports are “…one of the few places in a metropolitan area that wind is easily installed.” The project, while costing close to three-quarters of a million dollars, saves over thirty thousand dollars a year, saving money in the grand scale.

            Airports are a place that I haven’t thought of to putting to immediate energy saving: the idea, now in the open, shows that this extremely real idea is a great one for the scenario. With the massive buildings of an airport, the open space on the roofs can be a great many things: so why not save money with it as well? The International aspect of installing turbines worldwide could save a very significant cost to power and encourage further use wind power for our needs. The small turbines, as opposed to the larger scale models used of farms or in fields, can possibly encourage households to buy one for their own uses of energy savings. Overall, the ambition of this airport to “go green” may well serve to stimulate the growth of the wind market in general.

*Edit* I Forgot To include my web source for last week's event (this event) so...

http://rochesterhomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=84842