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1. **Ohio Northern University****:** Ohio Northern University has installed three wind turbines, 220feet tall and 400kw of power each. The total energy output of 1,200 MW is sufficient to supply 10 percent of the university energy needs. [|read more]

2. **Santa Clara University** Santa Clara University aspiration is to reach climate neutrality by 2015. The current efforts consist of a wind turbine unit capable of producing 1500 kw of green energy, sufficient to provide energy for a typical household for approximately one and a half month. Moreover this wind turbine can operate at much less speed than a typical wind turbine( 0.5mph instead of 7.5 mph), which suggests less noise and it has also an automatic shut off mechanism that triggers itself when speed reaches 38mph, thus protecting the unit from wind storm damages. [|read more]

3. **Minnesota State Community and Technical College** The two planned turbines to be built at this college will generate renewable energy to help power two campuses and provide a hands-on experience for technicians in training. According to power companies in Wisconsin, the estimate for a 35-kilowatt turbine installation costs about $300,000. [|read more]

4. **Carleton College:** Being the first campus in the United States (in operation since 2004) to install a utility-scale wind turbine rated at 1.65 megawatts, many colleges have followed in the tracks of Carleton College in aim for a greener campus.**[|read more]**

5. **Luther College** Luther College plans on building awind turbine in hopes of reducing campus greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent while generating about a third of the electrical energy used by the college each year. [|read more]

6. **Highland Community College (Northwest, IL. USA):** Highland Community College has already been successful in installing wind turbines in 2008 through their Wind Turbine Technician program, as shown in the video below Video

7. **Crowder College (Missouri)** Crowder College in Missouri is another example of an educational institution that has dared to invest (both financially and academically) in alternative energy resources. The MARET center wind turbine is their own pride and joy. read more


 * 8. Laramie County Community College**

**(click picture for further details)** This program focuses in the technical and practical aspect of wind turbine technology and seeks to output skillful personnel ready for work in the industry.


 * 9. Ecotech Institute - Aurora, CO**


 * [[image:nickeco1/ecotech-v2-wind-energy-technology-program.jpg width="433" height="120" link="http://www.ecotechinstitute.com/wind-energy-technology-schools.cfm"]] (click picture for further details )**


 * 10. Iowa Lakes Community College**

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Operating since 2004, this 2 year program offers knowledge concerning locating, constructing and maintaining wind turbines. It caters for all age groups( see the senior couple in the video talking about their experience on the program), and provides immediate employment opportunities, that made possible through students' internship connections.


 * 11. Redstone College – Denver, CO **

This program aims more on the maintainance and troubleshooting of wind turbines and it is tailored for people working as technicians in the wind turbine industry. Read [|more.]