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The University of Minnesota is flipping
the switch on a new wind research station this week at the
university's UMore Park property in Rosemount.


      The research station includes a 420-foot-tall wind turbine and a
426-foot-tall meteorological research tower. The facility will host
research into wind energy and train workers for the industry.


      The facility is the product of $7.9-million grant from the U.S.
Department of Energy to the University of Minnesota and its
private-sector partners. It was one of three such partnerships to
receive a grant in 2009.


      The public commissioning ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday
afternoon.
      

The University of Minnesota is flipping
the switch on a new wind research station this week at the
university's UMore Park property in Rosemount.


U of Minn. opens wind research station

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