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Texas Society of Professional Engineers Recently Awarded its 2011 Trailblazer Award to Reese Technology Center
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Written by Tammy Pitzer   
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:17

The Texas Society of Professional Engineers recently awarded its 2011 Trailblazer award to Reese Technology Center. The award, presented for an outstanding engineering efforts, went to Reese for its efforts to re-purpose its operations since the U.S. Air Force decommissioned the former pilot training base.

 
 
Lubbock Online- Golf Course
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Friday, 14 October 2011 19:42

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By Joe Gulick

The annexation of 120.4 acres South of the former Reese Air Force Base was approved on first reading Thursday by the Lubbock City Council.

The area to be annexed includes part of the Reese Golf Course and the course clubhouse. It also includes a housing area in development that has two houses.

The voluntary annexation was requested by the developer, who wanted water and sewer service from the city. The water and sewer lines are in place.

The annexation must be approved in a second reading, and a waiting period must follow that. Mayor Tom Martin said the area probably would not be annexed officially before the end of November.
 
Lubbock Online- 14th Birthday
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011 13:33

By: Walt Nett- Lubbock Avalanche- Journal

RTC at 14

At the time, Sept. 30, 1997, might have seemed like a pretty bleak day in the Lubbock economy. That’s usually the way it feels when a military base closes after nearly half a century in the community.

And that was the day when Air Force personnel lowered the colors for the last time at Reese Air Force Base and handed the base over to civilians to turn into something else.

Since then, it’s become a growing partner in the region’s economic development effort, hosting both businesses using the former military buildings for a variety of ventures, and educational research and training.

Reese officials say the “population” at Reese Technology Center ebbs and flows from day today, but works out to about 4,000 people — many of whom are students in South Plains College programs.

The operation is debt-free and receives no local government funding. Instead, it keeps the lights on through rents collected from its clients.
 
TTU WISE- Offshore Turbines
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Texas Tech's wind research program is a partner in a five-year U.S. Department of Energy research project on improving offshore wind turbines.

By BY WALT NETT
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Posted: September 20, 2011 - 10:19pm  |  Updated: September 21, 2011 - 12:58am

 

Texas Tech’s wind research program is a partner in a five-year U.S. Department of Energy research project on improving offshore wind turbines, officials announced this week.

The $4.1 million research award was given to Alstom Wind, a subsidiary of the French-headquartered Alstom Group. A branch of Alstom and Tech’s Wind Science and Engineering Research Center are located at the Reese Technology Center.

Other partners in the research effort are the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Wind Technology Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Laboratory for Ships and Platforms Flow.

The project was part of a $43 million grant announcement from the Energy Department supporting research to lower the cost of energy generated and to speed up the process of bringing offshore wind energy systems online.

According to an announcement from Alstom, the research will focus on developing a reliable offshore system for 6-megawatt wind turbines suited for United States deepwater conditions.

Alstom spokesman Tim Brown said turbines used in wind farms on land typically generate 1.5 megawatts to 3 megawatts of electricity — about one-quarter to one-half the energy produced by the larger turbine.

A 6-megawatt turbine would generate enough electricity to service about 1,400 homes for a year.

Tech’s Wind Science and Engineering Research Center will bring its understanding of wind and the effect wind has on structures to the project, said John Schroeder, the center’s director.

“New technologies require validation. The existing turbine at Reese, along with the dedicated atmospheric-observing technologies provide a great test bed to evaluate new technologies,” Schroeder said. “From these measurements, you can also provide a baseline for extrapolation to larger rotor diameters for offshore turbine deployments.”

Alstom already has several strategic partnerships with the other members of the research team.

In addition, the company recently completed a 115,000-square-foot nacelle manufacturing plant in Amarillo expected to employ more than 200 people. The nacelle is the turbine’s generator, gearbox and control unit.

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New Wind Project At Reese Technology Center
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Wednesday, 06 April 2011 06:49
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Zachry Engineering is expanding Lubbock's stake in wind energy. It is now operating out of hangar space and offices at Reese Center. This firm is contracting with the Antelope Station in Abernathy and will also perform operatational services for wind generation owners across the United States.

ImageMichael Lake, High Voltage General Manager for Zachry Engineering, said the project represents a small part of their overall engagement efforts in wind generation.

"You have all these wind farms in and around Texas and what you have to do is, you have to balance that load and so you don't want to rely on the wind. You want to rely on mechanical technology, a gas engine and in this case, a natural gas engine that can start up quick and produce a lot of power, a lot of energy very quickly," Lake said.

Zachry's involvement with the Abernathy project includes providing quick baseload capacity when wind power production declines. Zachry has been leasing space from Reese since April and the project is set to go online next summer.
 
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