Published: July 22, 2011 3:00 a.m.
Indiana Tech to resubmit turbine plans
Devon Haynie | The Journal Gazette
FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals delayed a decision Thursday on the height of a wind turbine to be placed at Indiana Tech.
John Renie, associate professor of mechanical engineering, said the university will resubmit its application so that the wind turbine's height can be about 134 feet, including the three blades, which are each 14 feet. The application before the zoning board said the wind turbine's height would be 120 feet, based on only the tower's height, he said.
That application was misleading, Renie said, so the zoning board advised the university to resubmit its application.
Indiana Tech hopes to have the turbine erected late this year and placed on the east side of the Zollner Engineering Building near Maumee Avenue and South Anthony Boulevard. It will be used for educational opportunities in the school's energy engineering program, providing electricity to the Zollner building and helping the university save on energy costs.
Renie said the 10 kilowatt turbine will cost about $110,000. To pay for the project, the school plans to use part of a $300,000 grant from Steel Dynamics. In case of problems, the top portion can be lowered using hydraulics.
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