Over the weekend, the wind turbine on the campus of Tippecanoe Valley High School and Middle School was assembled and raised.
The wind turbine is expected to be fully operational by the end of November.
The wind turbine first was proposed to the Tippecanoe Valley School Board by Performance Services Inc. in 2009 as a way for the school corporation to save money. In June this year, a groundbreaking event was held for the wind energy project.
The 321-foot-high 900 kW PowerWind turbine is expected to generate more than 2.3 million kWh annually, equivalent to powering 250 homes in a single year, according to information provided by Performance Services.
Valley is the first school corporation in Indiana to install a wind turbine with behind-the-meter technology, providing about 70 percent of all electrical power used on the campus.
In 2009, the federal government awarded Valley a $2.3 million in Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, Boggs said. Total cost of the project was not to exceed $2.63 million.
