Source: Don Gruenbacher, 785-532-4692, grue@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Beth Bohn, 785-532-2535, bbohn@k-state.edu

Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010

WIND 1xbet sports betting TO AID K-STATE PROGRAM

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is exploring the best way a donated wind 1xbet sports betting can be used for research and instruction. The university also will work with the community on a site for the 1xbet sports betting .

Donated by Westar Energy, the 750-kilowatt Zond 1xbet sports betting is one of two turbines Westar had at the Jeffrey Energy Center but decided to take down.

"The addition of the Zond 1xbet sports betting will enhance our educational and research opportunities in wind energy," said Don Gruenbacher, head of the department of electrical and computer engineering.

"We look forward to working with the community to find a suitable location for the 1xbet sports betting ," said John English, dean of the College of Engineering.

Ruth Douglas Miller, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of K-State's Wind Applications Center, said Westar offered the 1xbet sports betting to K-State in 2008, with the other 1xbet sports betting going to Cloud County Community College.

K-State has one of the better wind energy programs in the nation, Miller said.

"K-State's program is right up there. Only the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of Colorado currently have stronger programs," she said.

While Westar donated the 1xbet sports betting hardware, which Miller said would cost million to purchase new, K-State has been working to secure funding to refurbish, install and operate it.

The university recently received 0,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy and 6,000 from the Kansas Energy Office for the 1xbet sports betting project. University funds also are needed to make it operational.

"We're pleased that our retired 1xbet sports betting can fulfill a valuable educational purpose for K-State students," said Jim Ludwig, Westar Energy executive vice president. "We are confident that it will be put to good use at a suitable site. We would like to see Kansas become the premier state for educating and training wind power engineers and technicians."

Miller said no location has been selected to place the 1xbet sports betting . One site getting a very preliminary look is a hill on the west side of Tuttle Creek Boulevard by the Rocky Ford area. The hill is also the proposed site for a new Westar substation, and already has a Cox Communications' tower that is 1.5 times higher than the 1xbet sports betting 's height of 160 feet, she said.

"It's much too premature to say the site would be a good possibility for the 1xbet sports betting ," Miller said.

Any site selected would have to undergo an environmental impact assessment, she said. The study would take into account the 1xbet sports betting 's effect on the area's bird population, endangered species and other wildlife. Other factors include whether the 1xbet sports betting would cast a flickering shadow on any homes in the area when operational.

The educational and research benefits of the 1xbet sports betting would be many, Miller said.

"Students would use it to compare it to other developing wind technologies and to explore how to maximize the benefits of integrating wind onto the grid," she said.

In addition, the 1xbet sports betting would be used in conjunction with the recently awarded million DOE grant Riley County, K-State and a Lenexa architectural firm received for a renewable energy test program, Miller said.