Open AccessWashoe Wisk'e'em Project
Author(s) -
Tara Hess-McGeown
Publication year - 2012
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1037016
Subject(s) - tribe , wind power , installation , offset (computer science) , resource (disambiguation) , engineering , environmental resource management , geography , environmental science , sociology , computer science , mechanical engineering , anthropology , computer network , electrical engineering , programming language
The Washoe Tribe Wiskem Project (Project) was a Congressionally Directed Project identified for funding in the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. The Project focused on installing up to four small vertical wind turbines at designated locations on Tribal lands to offset energy costs for the Tribe. The Washoe Tribe will use and analyze data collected from the wind turbines to better understand the wind resource