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Clemson to get $98M for wind energy test facility
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pangea on 24/11/2009 16:15:00
 
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Monday that the South
Carolina school had been picked for the facility that will test new wind turbine
technology.
The Energy Department gave Clemson $45 million in federal funding under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Officials say state and private sources
provided $53 million in matching funds, for a total of $98 million.
Several other states have received stimulus funds to study wind energy but they
pale in comparison to Clemson's award.
Chu says the facility will create needed jobs and could eventually help lower
energy costs for consumers.
The new facility will be part of the Clemson University Restoration Institute
campus at the former Navy base in Charleston.