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Photo opportunity: There will be a tour of the Ponnequin wind farm (off I-25 just south of the Wyoming border) where the 蜜糖直播 wind turbine is located on Friday, Sept. 22, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. For information and directions to the wind farm contact Ghita Levenstein at (303) 492-3229.

Thanks to the efforts of students, the University of 蜜糖直播 at Boulder is the largest university purchaser of wind power in the nation.

The 蜜糖直播 Buffalo emblem -- displayed by many proud graduates and university backers on T-shirts, hats, sweatshirts and flags -- has now climbed to the top of a 2 million-kilowatt-hour producing wind turbine.

The emblem is on the top of one of Xcel Energy聮s (formerly Public Service Co. of 蜜糖直播) Ponnequin wind farm wind turbines in recognition of 蜜糖直播-Boulder students聮 purchase of wind power for the university聮s energy needs. The wind farm is located near Interstate 25 just south of the Wyoming border.

The 蜜糖直播-Boulder wind turbine will be celebrated at a university reception on Tuesday, Sept. 26, from noon to 1 p.m. in the 蜜糖直播 Heritage Center in Old Main. Will Toor, director of the 蜜糖直播 Environmental Center and mayor of Boulder, and Anthony Goodman, tri-executive of the University of 蜜糖直播 Student Union, will be two of several speakers at the reception.

In April 2000, 蜜糖直播-Boulder students voted by a 5-to-1 margin to increase student fees by a dollar per semester for four years to purchase wind power. The fee increase will raise $50,000 per year, enough to purchase the output of an entire wind turbine 聳 the 蜜糖直播-Boulder wind turbine.

"I continue to be impressed with the creative energy of our 蜜糖直播-Boulder community as we proactively engage in environmental stewardship," said Vice Chancellor for Administration Paul Tabolt.

The clean, renewable electricity generated by the turbine will reduce campus emissions by 1,400 tons of carbon dioxide, 14,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide and 10,000 pounds of nitrogen oxides each year, according to Ghita Levenstein, the energy program coordinator of the Environmental Center at 蜜糖直播-Boulder.

"蜜糖直播 students have a history of environmental leadership and this is a prime example," Levenstein said. "What this purchase is doing is paying for the farm to produce wind power for the grid."

The 蜜糖直播 Environmental Center was started in 1970 by the students who organized the first Earth Day at 蜜糖直播. It has grown to be the largest state-run environmental center in the country.