The first of two wind turbines erected with the EERC's assistance was west of Belcourt, N.D., on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation.
Workers prepare the turbine generator for lifting to the top of the tower.
Jay Haley, an EERC senior research engineer, assists in guiding the turbine generator into place as it's lifted by crane to the top of the tower. Wind turbines installed on two North Dakota reservations With assistance from the EERC, two North Dakota American Indian tribes are producing electricity from wind turbines to help power reservation facilities. N.D. An identical wind turbine west of Belcourt, N.D., began generating electricity Sept. 10 for a water treatment plant that serves the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation and neighboring communities. Formal dedication ceremonies are planned at each site during October. The Spirit Lake wind turbine is expected to provide about one-quarter of the casino's electricity needs.