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Renewable energy pilot facility completes decade of continuous operation
Dec. 4, 2022—Love circle site close to campus completes ten years of continuous operation in August 2022.
Love Circle energy park to reach 5 years of continuous operation
Jul. 28, 2017—On Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, the renewable energy pilot facility atop Nashville’s Love Circle will complete five years of continuous operation. A joint venture between the Vanderbilt School of Engineering and Metro Water Services, the public service project features a wind turbine and solar panels. It is a field training point for Vanderbilt engineering students and...
Students from award-winning Whites Creek academy visit school’s wind-solar demo site
Nov. 21, 2015—When Whites Creek High School students and teachers looked for a ground-mount solar cell installation to visit, they didn’t have to go far. It’s a mere 15 miles to the Vanderbilt School of Engineering’s wind-solar energy demonstration site at the top of Love Circle, one of the highest points in Nashville. The Vanderbilt wind-solar alternative...
Nashville’s wind and solar project on Love Circle brings mixed reactions in early stages
Dec. 1, 2012—Duane W. Gang, The Tennessean (link), December 17, 2012 Atop Love Circle near West End Avenue one day this month, a group of Vanderbilt University engineering students peppered the professor with questions about wind and solar energy production. As the students looked up at a 12-foot-diameter wind turbine and down at an array of 20...
October winds offer students good view of turbine action
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Metro Water, Vandy plan wind, solar energy project
Feb. 7, 2011—Stephanie Toone, The Tennessean (link), February 7, 2011 Vanderbilt University and Metro Water Services will soon embark on a wind and solar energy project at one of the highest points in the city. Vanderbilt’s mechanical engineering students will measure and monitor the wind and solar energy collected at Love Circle, which sits approximately 150 feet...
Metro may install wind turbine, solar panels atop Love Circle
Dec. 9, 2010—The (Nashville) City Paper (link), December 9, 2010 A wind turbine and 20 solar panels could soon produce energy on Love Circle through a partnership between Metro government and Vanderbilt University. Taking advantage of one of the highest points in Nashville, Metro officials are hoping to install the devices at a Metro Water Services reservoir...