Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is undertaking a one-year study on wind energy.
The school will collect data on wind speed and direction using its $10,000 anemometer tower for a year. The results will be used to determine whether the school could generate its own electricity with a wind turbine.
The privately-funded project isn't the first of its kind on the reservation. The Oglala Sioux Tribe is proposing a $300 million wind farm.
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Reservation school looks to reap the wind
(The Rapid City Journal 11/22)
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Oglala Lakota College turns to wind energy
Monday, November 22, 2004
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