Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association

Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association

Wind Turbine Installation Workshop

Installation of a 3.7 Skystream Wind Turbine August 4-6, 2008 at the Kempton Community Recreation Center in Kempton, PA.

Students will learn the basics of small, grid-tied residential wind-turbine systems, site selection and design, the permit process, electrical safety and installation of a Skystream 3.7 wind turbine with a 50-foot monopole tilt-up Tec Wind tower under the supervision of experienced electricians.

The three-day workshop will include classroom instruction, assembly and practice raising of the tower, installation of the wind turbine and wiring to intertie with the local utility.

The class will be taught by master electrician and community college instructor Jenny Heinzen. Jenny has been a speaker at the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Festival and is a renewable energy and apprentice electrician instructor at Lakeshore Technical College in Wisconsin.

Lee Kauffman, a partner at Berks Solar, LLC, will be supervising the installation. Lee has 25 years commercial and industrial electrical experience in the Berks County area.

Registration is limited to 15 students. Cost of the class is $350, which includes lunch and a one yr. Membership to MAREA.

For more information, contact Bill Hennessy at

or call 610 682 4300

Please make checks payable to: MAREA, P.O. Box 84, Kutztown, PA 19530

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