While the students and faculty at Carleton suffered from cold temperatures and blustery wind chills during the month of January, Carleton’s wind turbine had a heyday. Throughout the month, the turbine generated 419,506 kilowatt-hours of electricity, generating the college $20,136.29 in income (since all energy produced is sold to Xcel Energy). However, if the energy generated from the turbine flowed directly to Carleton, it would have provided the campus with 36.4% of its needed electricity (based on 2006 use). Also, by providing renewable energy to the community’s power grid, the turbine averted almost 258.44 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.