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Boise State University
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John Gardner
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Sandy Cardon
y Funded by DOE, Wind Powering America
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y Parallel, but separate from Wind Working Group
y Boise State has both contracts
y WAC activities
y Wind For School
y K‐12 Engagement
y Engineering Curriculum
Idaho Turbine Installation History
Total number of turbines:
Turbines installed in 2010: Turbines planned for 2011:
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Idaho K‐12 WfS Education
Teacher training sessions Competitions
Idaho National Lab sponsored two simultaneous 4‐day workshops
simultaneous 4
day workshops
y 250 K‐12 teachers total attended
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Advised middle school students engaged in wind turbine competition on the importance of balancing the rotors. St. Joseph’s students took first and second place in the local competition and 17 students went on to p
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the national competition at University of Illinois.
gave a wind energy lecture and Wind 5
for Schools introduction to about 25 teachers
y led the same group on a tour of the nearby Cassia Gulch Wind farm
y IUCA Youth Rally Several teachers expressed initial y Discussed renewable and wind interest in pursuing a WfS project, but energies with about 80 high school lost interest once informed of time and students from Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington & Alaska as part financial commitment
of a week‐long high school student conference sponsored by Electric Co‐
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St Joseph’s School – Science Olympics y RMCHS
y BSU Foundation Donation
$5,438
y Community Donation
y School Fundraising
$9,337
$3,418
y TOTAL
$$18,193
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y Rigby Schools (each for 2 schools)
y Rocky Mountain Blue Sky Grant
$10,666
y Community Donation (materials C
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$4,650
y TOTAL
$15,316
Project Installation Goal
y H&H Utility donates bucket truck, crane and crew for installation day
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y Excavation company donates labor and equipment to dig foundation and conduit holes
y Concrete company donates rebar, forms, concrete, labor, and crew for foundation
y Electrical company donates electrician labor and wire
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y Funds raised to purchase turbine, tower, foundation bolt kit, communication system, apply for permits, net metering fees, i i f
electrical meter, display sign, and landscaping, if desired by the school.
y ME 426/526: Renewable Energy Systems
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y Offered 5 times from 2006 to 2010.
y 88 students to date
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Graduate
Undergraduate
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15
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Spring 2006
Spring 2007
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
y Industry Sponsored Senior Capstone Course
y 8 wind‐related group projects
y ME 424: Thermal Systems Design
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y Wind tunnel tests of student designs
y Modeling of the Bl kh k VAWT
Blackhawk VAWT
y Center for Advanced Energy Studies
y Forecasting for Wind Energy Grid Integration, 2008‐2009
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y Bonneville Power Administration
y Distributed Wind Energy in Idaho, 2006‐2008
y DOE
y Students
y Last count shows 13 BSU alums in the wind industry
y http://coen.boisestate.edu/WindEnergy/AlumRoster
y Three of those have worked on Wind for Schools
y Four students worked for Wind for Schools in 2010
y Four are planned for 2011
y CAES Energy Efficiency Research Institute: CEERI
y Partnership between the three Idaho universities and INL: CAES
y Focusing on Focusing on “energy efficiency under a very broad energy efficiency under a very broad umbrella.
y Existing buildings (residential, commercial)
y Industrial processes (work toward DOE Industrial Assessment Center status)
y Include all “Demand Response” areas
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y Components include outreach, research, education and workforce development