Ann Arbor Tries Out Solar, Wind Street Light

[jpak]

http://www.wwj.com/Ann-Arbor-Tries-Out-Solar--Wind-Street-Light/2102890

The city of Ann Arbor is beginning to harness the wind and the sun to run its street lights.

This particular light is on a pole at the entrance to Buhr Park on Packard Road.

This light pole has a small wind generator at the top and two solar electric panels on the sides that provide electricity to charge batteries. These batteries operate a streetlight on the pole to illuminate the entrance drive to Buhr Park and Cobblestone Farm.

This renewable-energy powered light is not hooked up to Detroit Edison and runs 100 percent on sun and wind energy.

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[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

1. Neat!

[kestrel91316]

2. My BIL went to college in Ann Arbor. He's probably proud of the city

right about now........

He's been getting all the family veggies in warmer months from a CSA, and now gets all the beef anc chicken from a local farmer (in WI where they live). I think UM is a pretty liberal school, otherwise he wouldn't have gone there, lol. Let's hope they get ALL their street light power from nature eventually....