{"id":6527,"date":"2010-03-01T14:49:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T17:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/en\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2025-02-19T18:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:32:53","slug":"solar-panels-wind-turbine-james-m-hill-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/solar-panels-wind-turbine-james-m-hill-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"400 W Wind Turbine &#038; 360 W Photovoltaic panels at James M. Hill High School in Miramichi- WIND, SE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1981\" title=\"jmh-2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/jmh-2-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"jmh-2\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" \/>This system is found on the roof of a local high school. It consists of two solar panels that are 1.2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a01.2\u00a0<abbr title=\"metres\">m<\/abbr> (4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04\u2032), 180\u00a0<abbr title=\"watts\">W<\/abbr> each from Shell Oil; one 400\u00a0<abbr title=\"watt\">W<\/abbr> AIRX LAND wind turbine with a diameter of 116.8\u00a0<abbr title=\"centimetres\">cm<\/abbr> (46\u2033). The wind turbine can produce 38\u00a0<abbr title=\"kilowatt hours\">kWh<\/abbr>\/month at a constant speed of 5.4\u00a0<abbr title=\"metres per second\">m\/s<\/abbr> (12\u00a0<abbr title=\"miles per hour\">mph<\/abbr>). It can reach a maximum of 49.2\u00a0<abbr title=\"metres per second\">m\/s<\/abbr> (110\u00a0<abbr title=\"miles per hour\">mph<\/abbr>), then shuts off.<\/p>\n<p>Both are connected to two VR 12\u00a0<abbr title=\"volts\">V<\/abbr> Solar Batteries and an inverter inside a classroom with a wall demonstrating all the connections, and also monitors the energy input\/output. There is also a camera setup with live feed on a screen in the classroom. Several classroom plug sockets are powered by this system, which have been tested with various appliances by students. A weather station is also partnered with this system.<\/p>\n<p>The owner\u00a0finds that the solar panels work better than the wind turbine. Sun is more constant, and the wind is very gusty therefore not able to spin propeller properly. He also finds wind turbines are noisy and causes a lot of vibrations.<\/p>\n<p>This set up is a prototype for school curriculum, 5 other schools now have a similar systems modelled after this one.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1983\" title=\"jmh-6\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/jmh-6-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"jmh-6\" width=\"315\" height=\"236\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1982\" title=\"jmh-1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/jmh-1-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"jmh-1\" width=\"315\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This system is found on the roof of a local high school. It consists of two solar panels that are 1.2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a01.2\u00a0m (4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04\u2032), 180\u00a0W each from Shell Oil; one 400\u00a0W AIRX LAND wind turbine with a diameter of 116.8\u00a0cm (46\u2033). The wind turbine can produce 38\u00a0kWh\/month at a constant speed of 5.4\u00a0m\/s (12\u00a0mph). It can reach a maximum of 49.2\u00a0m\/s (110\u00a0mph), then shuts off. Both are connected to two VR 12\u00a0V Solar Batteries and an inverter inside a classroom with a wall demonstrating all the connections, and also monitors the energy input\/output. There is also a camera setup with live feed on a screen in the classroom. Several classroom plug sockets are powered by this system, which have been tested with various appliances by students. A weather station is also partnered with this system. The owner\u00a0finds that the solar panels work better than the wind turbine. Sun is more constant, and the wind is very gusty therefore not able to spin propeller properly. He also finds wind turbines are noisy and causes a lot of vibrations. This set up is a prototype for school curriculum, 5 other schools now have a similar systems modelled after this one.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,28,31,29],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-6527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-east","category-small_commercial_institutional","category-solar-panels","category-wind","tag-88"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6883,"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527\/revisions\/6883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}