CLEVELAND, OHIO—Green Lodging News has added a case study to its Vendor Case Studies section that focuses on Madison, Wis.-based Fountain Prairie Inn & Farms’ selection of a 50 kW wind turbine from Endurance Wind Power and the turbine’s benefits. The turbine was installed on a 140-foot lattice tower and commissioned on September 24, 2010. In the second month of operation it produced 11,398 kWh, peaking with a production of 1,396 kWh in one 24-hour period. It produces 50 percent more power than the farm uses, and all of the power is sold back to the local power company at a wholesale rate.
In the fall in which the wind turbine was installed, the owners of the inn and farm were awarded the Wisconsin Conservation Farmer of the Year Award in part for integrating renewable energy with their sustainable farming practices. “Fountain Prairie demonstrates how all the elements of sustainability can be put together on one farm,” said Micheal Vickerman, Executive Director of RENEW Wisconsin.
For more information on Endurance Wind Power, call (800) 440-4451, or go to www.endurancewindpower.com. Click here to access the case study.
