The Great Lakes "Cyclone"

On October 26th and 27th, a major storm hit the Chicago area with extremely high winds. In fact, the pressure fell to 28.99 inches, which was a new record for October and was very close to the all-time low pressure reading of 28.70 inches that occurred in March of 1923.

With this storm, we set two new records. First, we set an all-time one day record of 40 KwH on October 26th and a new two day record of 78.9 KwH for 10/26 and 10/27. The turbine also set a new record of generation for over 80 consecutive hours. The turbine started moving the morning of 10/25 and did not stop until the early morning of 10/29

For October, we just missed 300 KwH to end at 296.9. This now brings our lifetime data to over 7,568 KwH. This would be enough to power a TV for over 52,000 hours. Additionally, we passed the 15,000lb mark of CO2 reduction from our two systems.

In addition, we were featured in the Chicago Press on Wednesday, October 27th with three TV interviews and one radio. The link from CBS2 Chicago is listed below:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/10/27/windy-weather-has-schools-wind-turbine-going-non-stop/