Centre for Learning gets high on wind-energy

Yesterday evening, there was applause by students and staff when Adarsh finally clambered down the 65 feet high pole after attaching the blades and hub on the 650 watts wind turbine.

A little later, there were loud cheers and more applause when the turbine adjusted its tail and the blades picked up its first gust of wind and rotated to produce a crackle of electric energy.

The students were busy at their studies this morning when Seema helped put finishing touches to the wiring of the heart of the system, the charge controllers and switchboards. But Mitras quietly applauded and cheered ourselves for a job done, well done.

Together with a spanking new photo-voltaic solar system and a refurbished existing pv solar system, the wind turbine will produce almost 3.5 kw that will provide uninterrupted power supply to all dormitories and the computer lab.

With solar water heating systems already installed at all dorms and the guest house, this is a big, almost there, step for Centre for Learning to get off the grid, be self sufficient and make a huge difference to the way its students perceive energy. And environment. And their role in it.

It is hard to believe it was less than 20 months ago that the Centre for Learning community undertook the ‘Walk to School’ to raise awareness and funds to achieve their objective of installing clean, green, renewable energy sources at their campus.

Mitras are proud of having walked with them so far and look forward to helping them fulfilling their wish of self-sufficiency in near future. Honge oil pressing machine anyone?

Mitras wishes the cheerful CFL community, a happy Holi, a happy Navroz, a happy Id-E-Milad, a happy Easter, and a very very happy Mela celebrations this weekend. And to you too.