UNT will be the first U.S. university to intergrate renewable technology into an athletic complex and football stadium.

ARTICLE
http://www.sustainable.unt.edu/wind-power-at-unt.php

Very cool.

(11-11-2010 07:43 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Very cool.

Seems out of place with a state so connected with the petroleum industry.

Takes cajones...but, it goes a long way towards converting to alternative sources of energy in a fossil fuel rich state...more "power" to 'em

(11-11-2010 08:28 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 07:43 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Very cool.

Seems out of place with a state so connected with the petroleum industry.

Texas produces more energy from wind than any other state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Texas

Yeah, since Wikipedia is a reliable source.

(11-11-2010 11:45 PM)troy4ever21 Wrote:  Yeah, since Wikipedia is a reliable source.

Texas renewable energy projects
http://www.infinitepower.org/projects.htm

When this was brought up before some of the proponents of this claimed that the wind turbines would in fact be "cost effective" or reduce energy costs by more than the cost of the turbines combined with with thier upkeep.

If that is so... then why aren't they powering all of thier buildings this way?

Even if its break even or losses money I think its still a great green idea.

I would love for FAU to do something like this. With our proximity to the Ocean and our involvement in looking for alternative energy solutions from the Gulf Stream current it would be a natural.

Now with the Boca Airport being right next to campus I dont think that the FAA is going to allow 50 foot spinning blades anywhere near where planes are landing.

The whirring of the turbines will help the crowd noise and drive opponents crazy. Great move .

Those turbines and where they will be placed in relation to the new stadium is a "crock of sh!t". Especially when they could have been located across the interstate at UNT's Research Park. Hell, they could have put them next to the Engineering Building and the students could have field trips out the back door to research those ugly things.

What an eyesore next to the stadium.

(11-11-2010 11:45 PM)troy4ever21 Wrote:  Yeah, since Wikipedia is a reliable source.

Or you could scroll down to the 39 citations at the bottom of the page that support the information posted in the Wiki article.

(11-12-2010 07:10 AM)Hilltopper2K Wrote:  When this was brought up before some of the proponents of this claimed that the wind turbines would in fact be "cost effective" or reduce energy costs by more than the cost of the turbines combined with with thier upkeep.

If that is so... then why aren't they powering all of thier buildings this way?

Shhhhhhh. . . . Don't ruin the greenies' (not Mean Green, but eco-green) orgasm over these types of things.

(11-12-2010 02:10 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 11:45 PM)troy4ever21 Wrote:  Yeah, since Wikipedia is a reliable source.

Or you could scroll down to the 39 citations at the bottom of the page that support the information posted in the Wiki article.

(11-12-2010 07:10 AM)Hilltopper2K Wrote:  When this was brought up before some of the proponents of this claimed that the wind turbines would in fact be "cost effective" or reduce energy costs by more than the cost of the turbines combined with with thier upkeep.

If that is so... then why aren't they powering all of thier buildings this way?

Shhhhhhh. . . . Don't ruin the greenies' (not Mean Green, but eco-green) orgasm over these types of things.

Envy's a ***** ain't it ?:odie:

(11-11-2010 09:36 PM)NDT80 Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 08:28 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 07:43 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  Very cool.

Seems out of place with a state so connected with the petroleum industry.

Texas produces more energy from wind than any other state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Texas

With the overall landmass and generally flat landscape, I should hope so. I haven't been to Texas since I was about 11 years old, but I definitely remember it being windy.

The Mean Green have gone green!

(11-12-2010 02:36 PM)MG61 Wrote:  Envy's a ***** ain't it ?:odie:

You are correct. I wish MT could throw a bunch of money into a low-return investment that will take a few decades to pay off (if ever), so I have to live vicariously through UNT.

(11-12-2010 05:15 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  I wish MT could throw a bunch of money into a low-return investment that will take a few decades to pay off (if ever), so I have to live vicariously through UNT.

(11-12-2010 09:15 AM)Green Menace Wrote:  Those turbines and where they will be placed in relation to the new stadium is a "crock of sh!t". Especially when they could have been located across the interstate at UNT's Research Park. Hell, they could have put them next to the Engineering Building and the students could have field trips out the back door to research those ugly things.

What an eyesore next to the stadium.

Part of an evil plan only to turn them on when UNT is defending that goal.

(11-12-2010 07:21 PM)thetastygreek Wrote:  

(11-12-2010 05:15 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  I wish MT could throw a bunch of money into a low-return investment that will take a few decades to pay off (if ever), so I have to live vicariously through UNT.

LOL!

(11-12-2010 07:21 PM)thetastygreek Wrote:  

(11-12-2010 05:15 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  I wish MT could throw a bunch of money into a low-return investment that will take a few decades to pay off (if ever), so I have to live vicariously through UNT.

exactly...