From www.chok.com ; CHOK Radio The Ministry of Transportation is going green, testing out a residential wind turbine at its Highway 402 truck inspection station east of Sarnia. ; ;The company that makes the device is pleased the ministry is considering installing the devices at other stations, province-wide. Ancaster based Cleanfield Alternative Energy installed the vertical axis wind turbine last July. Visible from the 402, CEO Tony Verrelli says the "egg beater" style turbine on a 42 foot tower, has generated a lot of interest. Verelli says everything but the generator on the $20,000 device is Ontario made. The turbine is expected to feed about 5,000 kilowatts of energy onto the grid each year.
