Byron Schools Hope for Wind Turbine

From Rochester Post-Bulletin 1/27/2009
By Laura Gossman

BYRON -- Byron Public Schools superintendent Dr. Wendy Shannon has a vision to power and heat Byron schools with a combination of alternative energies.

Shannon told the Byron School Board at its meeting Tuesday night that she has forwarded four proposals to legislators, one of which includes constructing a 40-kilowatt wind turbine with solar panels to help provide electricity for the high school building.

A learning station for an environmental science class would also be part of that project, Shannon said.

"We'd like to work in partnership with People's Cooperative, which presently supplies our electricity," Shannon said.

Shannon said the details haven't been worked out yet, but she estimates the project will cost $500,000.

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