5 Western Kansans capture winds with new energy-saving windmills By CINDY WHITCOME Staff Reporter In the search for alternative energy sources, Kansans are rejuvenating an old standby - windmills. There are 15 electricity-producing wind-mill systems in Kansas, mainly in the western half of the state. David Martin, a professor of Energy coordinator, said this week. According to Martin, Kansas is considered an ideal location for windmill systems. "Western Kansas has a very high wind velocity because of the winds coming off the Rocky Mountains and up from the Gulf," he said. Mike Frederick, a resident of Alma, 90 miles west of Lawrence, said he was pleased with the performance of a windmill system he installed in October. He said he spent $2,000 for the machine but the investment was paid back by an estimated $1 a day saving on energy costs. "My neighbors kid me because I used to hate the wind. Now I kind of like it," he said. Frederick said his windmill ran when the rain stopped and then flooded the miles per hour, which was most of the time. "With the rate of inflation always going up, I figure it is a great investment. I think it is a better retirement program than some kind of bank account." he said. Like most small system owners in the state, Frederick runs his windmill in conjunction with the power company, in this case Kansas Power and Light. "It's not like they give me a check at the end of the month. When the windmill is THE UPDATED windmills do not resemble those on the old country farm, according to Ben Watt, executive director of Wind Energy Association of Washington, D.C. running, my power meter runs backward," he said. The new types of windmills are usually tall and narrow, with the horizontal or vertical and horizontal. The horizontal ones look like the blades of an airplane propeller and the vertical ones look like eggebraes. Wolf said that he did not know how many windmill systems operated now in the United States, but that almost 30 companies produced windmill 'ils. The small number of producers and low production rates have prevented the cost of wind-produced electricity from unregulated electricity prices, according to Wolff. Wind-produced electricity can cost as much as 7 to 13 cents a kilowatt hour, although rates for conventional sources are 5.06 cents. "In the future, I think that costs can be reduced to a cents hour if the trend would catch on," he said. STATE AND federal credit incentives have been offered to businessmen to stimulate interest in windmills. Martin said that the state is offering a credit for the cost of the windmill up to $1,000. Federal law offers 25 percent up to $2,200. Prices for the windmills range from $5,000 to $12,000. Kansas also is part of a nationwide wind evaluation study by the Rockwell Corporation, Boulder, Colo., and the U.S. Department of Energy. Two windmills will be installed in every state and some territories. They will be equipped with monitoring devices that tell wind speed is produced, dependent on wind velocity. The two sites selected for Kansas are Dodge City and the Norton-Decatur area, Martin said. The windmills will be installed this spring. Results of the evaluation will not be known until all states have windmill sites, but monthly reports will be issued for individual systems. Owen said. Carousel's Hours Wedding Reception? Call The Castle Ten Room 1307 Moss. 843-1151 Thursday, February 14, 1980 (1977) & (1978) Thursday, February 14 UNION MAIDS & WITH BABIES AND BANNERS These two dynamic and award-winning documents deals with the emergence of women labor organizers during the 1930s in the United States. The document describes the role of three women in a laundry worker's strike. WITH BABIES AND BANNERS describes the role of women in the general Motors Strike of 1947. Dir. 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