EHOVE Career Center students study wind turbines
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Published: Jan 03, 2011 MILAN TOWNSHIP,OHIO

Small wind turbines and solar panels will be going up at EHOVE in the coming months, allowing students to monitor production and consumption of alternative energy on their own campus.

Before that happens, though, students in the electricity program are getting a close look at the machines at ground level, learning how to set them up themselves.

Thanks to government mandates and growing environmental consciousness, energy efficiency and alternative energy sources will make up a larger part of the electricity trade in coming years, program instructor Chuck Oeder said.

That's why EHOVE purchased 16 table-top models to familiarize students with wind turbines, solar panels, fuel-cell technology and biodiesels.

Electricity students are working with the wind and solar trainers, learning how to wire the systems to batteries or the power grid. They'll help install the units outside and monitor production.

"They learn the whole process here," Oeder said. "They're going to be able to install a complete system, wind or solar."
The electricity students will get into fuel cells next semester. The new green science program also will use the trainers for their unit on alternative energy.

EHOVE purchased the models from Marcraft after hearing from local businesses that expect alternative energy, especially wind power, to be a growth industry here, said Joyce Brouman, an assistant director at the school.

"It's a way to give the kids performance-based experiences and assessment," she said.

EHOVE is the first career center in the state with such equipment and will actually train instructors at other schools, Brouman said.

Last year's seniors in the electricity program had the chance to work on a life-size project last year, wiring a meeting hall in Vermilion for a wind turbine. When the actual turbine is delivered, more of Oeder's students will help get it running in the spring.

Juniors Nick Doughty and Lee Crawford look forward to seeing the 400 watt turbines they've practiced wiring put into use on EHOVE's campus soon.

"It's interesting to see how everything goes together and how it'll all work in the end," said Doughty, who's from St. Paul High School.
Crawford, from New London, said he plans to attend Hocking College but hasn't decided what part of the electrical trade to enter. He expects green energy to be a growth field, though.

"I don't think it's hype at all," he said.
Susan McMillan

Published: Jan 03, 2011 MILAN TOWNSHIP,OHIO

Small wind turbines and solar panels will be going up at EHOVE in the coming months, allowing students to monitor production and consumption of alternative energy on their own campus.

Before that happens, though, students in the electricity program are getting a close look at the machines at ground level, learning how to set them up themselves.

Thanks to government mandates and growing environmental consciousness, energy efficiency and alternative energy sources will make up a larger part of the electricity trade in coming years, program instructor Chuck Oeder said.

That's why EHOVE purchased 16 table-top models to familiarize students with wind turbines, solar panels, fuel-cell technology and biodiesels.

Electricity students are working with the wind and solar trainers, learning how to wire the systems to batteries or the power grid. They'll help install the units outside and monitor production.

"They learn the whole process here," Oeder said. "They're going to be able to install a complete system, wind or solar."
The electricity students will get into fuel cells next semester. The new green science program also will use the trainers for their unit on alternative energy.

EHOVE purchased the models from Marcraft after hearing from local businesses that expect alternative energy, especially wind power, to be a growth industry here, said Joyce Brouman, an assistant director at the school.

"It's a way to give the kids performance-based experiences and assessment," she said.

EHOVE is the first career center in the state with such equipment and will actually train instructors at other schools, Brouman said.

Last year's seniors in the electricity program had the chance to work on a life-size project last year, wiring a meeting hall in Vermilion for a wind turbine. When the actual turbine is delivered, more of Oeder's students will help get it running in the spring.

Juniors Nick Doughty and Lee Crawford look forward to seeing the 400 watt turbines they've practiced wiring put into use on EHOVE's campus soon.

"It's interesting to see how everything goes together and how it'll all work in the end," said Doughty, who's from St. Paul High School.
Crawford, from New London, said he plans to attend Hocking College but hasn't decided what part of the electrical trade to enter. He expects green energy to be a growth field, though.

"I don't think it's hype at all," he said.