As recently announced in worship, our church will hold the “Turbine Turn It On” Party on Wednesday, February 29th at 5 p.m. All members and friends of the church and Kingshill School are encouraged to attend. Bring your neighbors! For more information about the wind turbine, go to http://stcroixreformed.org/our-wind-turbine/
Updated Turbine construction photos! The slideshow below will continue to be UPDATED throughout construction. For more information about the St Croix Reformed Wind Turbine, go to http://stcroixreformed.org/our-wind-turbine/ Rollover the slideshow and click the center stop button, then click the arrows to control advance.
Sunday, November 13, 2011 Reverend Rod led the congregation out to the hill for the Wind Turbine groundbreaking ceremony. The kids met the congregation, handing out pinwheels and hard hats. After introducing the Wind Task Force, and further remarks, Rod and the kids put the spade to the hill, …and activity which some children continued [...]
The St Croix Reformed Church will hold a brief GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY for our 10 kw Wind Turbine this Sunday November 13th. See photos of this event Preliminary Construction Schedule: Nov 13th: Ground Breaking Nov 14-24: Digging and pouring of the tower slab. Late November: Digging and installation of electrical cables. Installation of electrical converters. Mid December: Bolting of [...]
St Croix Reformed Wind Turbine Update: Here’s a video of a 10 kilowatt wind turbine in action on St Croix’s south shore. Our turbine is 10kw as well and will look like this one. The tower’s hydraulic base seen in the video is a slightly older model from Redriven Inc. Ours will look like this: The grant [...]
Reverend Rod received official word Monday December 27th that our church has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Virgin Islands Energy Office to install a 10 Kilowatt Wind Turbine ! The Church Consistory, having unaimously approved the proposal earlier in the fall, has reviewed the details and filed the final papers to accept the funds and begin the [...]
On Sunday, September 5, 2010… The Consistory approved the Energy Task Force’s recommendation that the church apply for a $50,000 grant to install a 10 K Wind Turbine on church property. The Energy Task Force’s grant application now goes to the VI Energy Department’s Grant Program. We have been told that grant approval is quite likely, but it [...]
