Norfork Southern Railway Uses Wind Power to Run Wastewater Treatment Plant
Traditional corporations continue to move towards sustainable energy, and Norfolk Southern Railway is at the forefront of this trend.
On November 13th, the company announced that a 50 kilowatt wind turbine supplied by Entegrity Wind Systems of Boulder, Colorado was installed at its railyard in North Kansas City. This wind turbine can generate an estimated 100,000 kilowatt hours annually, and is built with three 24-foot rotor blades mounted on a 100-foot tower. This is enough energy to offset the electricity consumed by the pumps and controls for the treatment plant.
