A mobile EPA air-monitoring laboratory recently acquired a rooftop wind turbine, becoming, as its on-board scientist puts it, “The Wind in the Winnebago.” When conditions are right, the turbine can charge up the Winnebago’s on-board batteries enough to power the entire mobile lab for eight hours “without a single wisp of generator exhaust.”
The Little E.P.A. Winnebago That Could … Thanks to Wind
The Little E.P.A. Winnebago That Could … Thanks to Wind
(via ecolocalizer.com)
Submitted by ebishirl on Wed, 2008-05-28 14:36. | Tags: technology | environmental protection agency | EPA | wind energy | wind power | wind turbines