Siting%20Activities

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Siting Activities

• Cape Cod Content Institute 2004

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Hands On

• Scale Activity
• Seeing the Wind
• Data Analysis
• Geographical Siting Challenge
• School Siting Project

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Photosimulationof Wind Plant
ActualWind Plant
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Scale Activity
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See the Wind
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Data Analysis

• A great deal of analysis is done on wind
  resources at a particular site.
• Some schools already collect data with weather
  computer stations
• Other cheap data collectors and loggers

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Orleans Data
Mt. Tom Data
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Mt. Tom
Orleans
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Create Wind Roses
Mt. Tom
Orleans
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Get Data fro your site from http//www.truewind.co
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Zoom inZoom in
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See data from your area..
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Look at the Wind Rose
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Integrate GIS Maps
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Examine Maps
Orleans Site
Mt. Tom Site
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Orleans Aerial Photo
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Mt. Tom Aerial Photo
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Other Maps

• Transmission Grid
• Threatened Species
• Bird Migration Patterns
• Roads TOPO

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http//www.terraserver.com
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http//www.topozone.com
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Site at Your SchoolPretend like you are going to
install a wind turbine. What do you need to
know.

• Data Collection Analysis
• Survey Local Population Opinions
• Visual Simulations
• Cost/Benefit Analysis State Incentives
• Turbine Specifications
• Permitting