Wal-Mart installs 50kw Small Wind Turbine, Attention Getter

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Wal-Mart recently unveiled a new store outside of Dallas, Texas. The store’s design combines a host of renewable energy technologies including numerous solar PV arrays, two, small wind turbines, a bio-fuel boiler to recycle and burn recovered oil from store operations and a nearly endless list of energy-saving and sustainable design principles.

The company has arranged through the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other partners to analyze every aspect of this experiment. If successful, this will change the way Wal-Mart, designs, constructs, and manages buildings and their energy use. Usually the rest of the retail industry follows Wal-Mart’s lead on all kinds of methods, maybe this one too.

The most visible innovation can be seen from far away, serving as a fitting beacon for the experimental store: a 50 kW small wind turbine. The 146 foot tower is an eye catching attention getter that makes it stand out and get attention. A local car dealer is also inquiring, says the turbine is a great attention getter and he wants one for his car dealership that sits on the freeway. Why not?  It beats renting those large spotlights and it pays for itself, what advertisement pays for itself?  A small wind turbine…

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