By TINA CASEY
The U.S. is poised to develop the next generation of highly efficient large-scale wind power technology, as a massive wind turbine testing project in South Carolina reached a critical construction milestone this month. The new facility, to be operated by Clemson University as the Restoration Institute Drivetrain Testing Facility, will be the largest of its kind in the world.To add an extra sustainability kick to its renewable energy mission, the DriveTrain Testing Facility will require relatively little new infrastructure. It will reclaim a vacant 1940’s-era Navy warehouse at Clemson University’s Restoration Institute campus in North Charleston, where existing road, rail and dockside resources are close at hand. The project will also feature energy conservation systems that recapture some of the power used during testing rather than venting it as waste heat.
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