EDAWN Alert: The Wall Street Journal Features City of Reno's Urban Wind Program
The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada's (EDAWN) national public relations team worked closely with the City of Reno to net a story placement in the Feb. 28 issue of The Wall Street Journal.
The article, "It's Turbine vs. Turbine in Reno," ran as part of The Journal's Report -- Innovations: Energy. The article highlights the innovative research the City of Reno is doing with its urban wind study to provide residents with information, and a better understanding, of the cost and output of installing wind turbines. The City has installed nine wind turbines throughout Reno and is posting the data collected, including the wind speed and energy production, on its Green Energy Dashboard.
"There's been no independent certification of turbines so consumers are at the mercy of the manufacturers," says Jason Geddes, Reno's environmental-services administrator. "We want to put up this data so anybody can actually see what these turbines are doing, real-time and historically."
The urban wind study is just one way the City of Reno is Keeping it Green and reducing its impact on the environment.
EDAWN's national public relations team worked with WSJ reporter Stephanie Simon in late 2010 regarding the story. Teaming with the City of Reno, we were able to provide the reporter with the data that helped position the City of Reno as forward-thinking in its clean energy efforts.
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