| 2002 Iowa Tour for Renewable Energy:
Day
1 (Oct 4) |
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| Iowa First Lady
Christie
Vilsack with Rich Dana in front of the IRENEW truck. West
Central Soy, an Iowa Coop,
donated soy diesel for the truck which served at the tour's support
vehicle. |
State Representative Ed
Fallon at the Iowa Energy Center's BECON facility in Nevada. |
Jonna Higgins-Freese
and Sari Beck of Ecumenical Mininistries of Iowa talk with Christie
Vilsack. |
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| Utility
Commissioner Mark Lambert talks with European greenbiker Ed Woolsey. |
Floyd Barwig,
Director of the Iowa Energy Center shows Christie Vilsack around the
BECON facility. |
Erik Baker,
John Moreland, Mary Braun and Bob Gronski. |
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| John Moreland
of Senator Harkin's office gestures while Mary Braun of the Iowa House
staff smiles. |
European
greenbiker Gail Barels with Christie Vilsack, David Osterberg, Erik Baker
and Mary Braun behind. |
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| FOREST CITY TO "TOP OF IOWA" WIND FARM (near Joice) |
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| Jerri Neal
and European greenbiker Jim Cooper get ready for a cold ride tothe Top
of Iowa wind farm near Joice. |
Ted Wisman, IBEW member and
Alliant employee who installed electrical connections to wind farms in
northern Iowa. He rode on Day 1. |
Top of Iowa
windfarm has 89 turbines each 900 kw in size. These are the largest
turbines in the state. The plant was producing close to its maximum 80
Megawatts of power on the windy day we visited. |
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| Mike Kelly,
manager of the Top of Iowa windfarm gets ready to ride with the
greenbikers while Ed Woolsey and Rich Dana of he tour give
encouragement. |
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| Mike Kelly,
manager of Top of Iowa wind farm and Ted Wisman, IBEW member and Alliant
employee kneel in front of greenbikers Gail Barels, Von Ketelsen, David
Osterberg, Jerri Neal and Jim Cooper and some of the 89, 900 KW NEG
Micon wind turbines. Learn
about Top of Iowa at the company website.
Photo by Rachel Ringham of the Lake
Mills Graphic in Lake Mills IA |
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