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Comment by John R Cogar, Oregon 2nd. Congressional District Leader on December 4, 2009 at 11:03am

However today I sent a letter to Boone asking for his help in locating a Commercial wind turbine for an Community College here in Oregon that trains students to become wind energy technicians...

This is the letter:

Dear Mr. Pickens,

I am the Second Congressional District chairperson for your group here in Oregon. I have a webpage based on using renewable energy resources for economic development for my area. A Community College here in Oregon has a program educating its students to be wind turbine technicians.. The turbine they have now is over 20 years old and outdated. Vestas has donated a hub to the college but they need to update the rest of the systems and have a small grant to help cover some costs of getting a newer machine.


They are looking for something that has perhaps been damaged somehow that might still be serviceable for their educational purposes that they could buy or that would be donated to them....



Kind of a long shot, but thought you might like to be involved in finding that turbine.. It would be some great publicity for the Pickens Plan if we could be of assistance.



Sincerely,

John R Cogar


If anyone here has any information about locating a turbine please contact me at jc@sustainablelakecountyoregon.com

Comment by Michale on September 11, 2008 at 12:17pm

hi ! everybody Im michale ! I am glad to see like minded individuals working together to solve our energy crisis! I am also co inventor of a new type wind turbine that has great potential to change the way everybody views wind energy! I would like to say that it it is very cost effective to go our way instead of these giant redundent wind turbines ! Me and my partner have come up with a way to create electricity in almost no wind!(2 mph). We can proudly state that once we get our grid together we will be able to produce atleast 1 megawatt a day at minimal winds on just 1 acre of land! Also this would go up greatly with the wind speed! We are in the very early stage of testing and research but we are very astounded by our early results! If any one is interested we would be glad to explain more! e-mail is jeramiacainc@hotmail.com or phone # is (406)490-2435 We would like to wish everybodys effort in this crisis the best, outcomes will be greater with positive team work ! We must take control of Americas energy needs of the future ! We at Jeramiaca believe in our ability as a nation to win this uphill battle with a smile on everyones face ! good luck to everyone! Sincerely Michale

Comment by m doty on July 22, 2008 at 3:19pm

I'm assembling a list of links. I favor starting with conventional technology with an emphasis on reducing manufacturing and installation costs by setting up a mass production facility for large wind turbines and airlifting them in place using dirigibles. The limiting factor in terms of speed will be the site work in preparing foundations. Maybe a giant drill boring machine will be the answer. My long term interest is in deep ocean wind farms along with OTEC (ocean thermal energy conversion) which can provide desalinization of water as a side benefit, and seaweed farming for biomass/biofuel)

Comment by m doty on July 22, 2008 at 11:38am

Thanks for joining. I'll add some info and links on wind power, including yours.

Comment by Bill Mollring on July 22, 2008 at 2:14am

Thank you for starting this site. I am very interested in seeing how alternative energy ideas develop across the country. Please include me on your updates and notices. I wish you much success. We are listed on the Pickens Plan as Mariah Power.
You are invited to join our group for updates on the Windspire and
other alternative energy items and ideas.
http://www.push.pickensplan.com/group/mariahpower
To see our other alternative energy sources please go to:
http://www.emsystems.net
Aloha, Bill