Northern Power’s gearless, direct-drive wind turbine, valued at $550,000, is mounted atop a 120-foot monopole and features a 69-foot diameter rotor.
The unit will supply the 15% of power to the office and the excess will be directed to the local energy grid, managed by First Energy.
Olympic Steel partnered with Wind Turbines of Ohio to subsidize the project through the Ohio Department of Development and the Advanced Energy Fund.
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