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Sup /hr/. I built wind turbine foundations for about a year. Have some pictures.
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Front of Trailer
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Rear of Trailer. The back 3 axles steer when going around sharpish corners (IE mostly anything but straight highway.)
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Part of a "Spreadfoot" foundation under construction. We put a top ring on top of the 16 bolts that are sticking up in the air. Then we stick a total of 160 (I think it was, on this site.) bolts in between the two rings.
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How they start to set tower sections upright.
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Most of the Turbine Parts, minus a few tower sections.
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Control Unit on the finished Foundation, Cabling for the future 1.21JiggaWatt Transformer, wire underneath the control unit is fiber optic line that connects all the turbines to the control center.
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The hub that the 130' blades connect to.
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The Big ass crane that stacks the entire tower. Reaches up to 350', If I remember correctly. Could be wrong.
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Turbine Blades assembled on the ground, then hoisted up in a single piece.
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The Nacelle. Weighs 260,000lbs.
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Setting the base section down on the foundation.
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Offloading Blades from the trailers.
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Assembly Line
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>>315293
And it's sideways for some reason. Hmm.


We had to modify a wrench. :)
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A different type of foundation bolt cage.
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And the completed product.

I think that's all for now. I'll try to dig up some more pictures later.
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I came. Thanks for sharing OP.
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OP where from

did a bit of work on wind towers in Australia

http://www.pacifichydro.com.au/docs/Codrington.pdf

and here

http://www.google.com/search?q=Woakwine+Range+Wind+Farm+&rls=com.microsoft:en-au&ie=UTF-8&am
p;oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
>> berenburg
Thanks, Anon, great series!
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THAT was fucking awesome, thanks for sharing. Now all we need is The Discovery Channel or The Learning Channel to do some show about those turbines, would be awesome to learn more about 'em.

If the OP is still around, I've always been curious: how much power do those things typically generate say, with a a 15 MPH wind or enough to equate to that much? Any ballpark figures? Are they actually worth the cost to put up, paying off over time? I would think so but, hell, can't hurt to ask someone that builds 'em.
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I've always wondered where wind comes from
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What exactly did you do in the company?
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Act on false data, while being piggy backed, all the way to the top, at the same time, bending over backwards.
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>>315265
Oregon? Washington? Utah? Not Idaho, right?
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OP here.

All of the pictures here (except the last two), were taken at White Creek Wind Farm:

http://www.cowlitzpud.org/pdf/WC_Q&A_07.pdf

>>315328
These are 2.3 Megawatt machines. The blades pitch so that they turn at a constant speed anywhere between 5-40mph. I forget the price per turbine; I think it's somewhere around 1.5mil USD. They pay for themselves in approx. 5 years of power generation. They have a 20 year warranty(average lifespan), and will go for longer depending on how they've weathered the years, and if some components need replacing.

>>315410
I did quite a few things, including site logistics, concrete placement, ironworker, bolt placement, record keeping, heavy equipment operator, company geek, etc. Pretty much everything below ground, and I've been around a lot of the other aspects a bit too.

>>315431
Heh. A bit of that too, in small amounts.


And lastly, Meet Cleetus. He was a guy that we hired in Missouri. Seriously, his name is Clint, but he introduced himself to me as Cleetus, so there ya go. Nice Guy.
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>>315461
Yup. Oregon/Washington on the Columbia River. Good eye.
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>>315304
How much power can such an old mill generate?
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60-90 hp, or 120m3 water per minute.
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Thanks for sharing, anon. I love this kind of shit. Get your friends in the industry to post their pics too. In return, have some 7000px man-made terrain
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I love you OP!
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>JiggaWatt
I think you mean gigawatt
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http://www.deloreanmotorcar.com/ec/jigawatts.htm
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OP Here. Thanks guys! Happy to share cool pictures. :)
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Offloading a hub
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>>315366
wind is the displacement of heat/cold.

heat spreads itself evenly in whatever area it's contained in. which is why you don't leave your front door open when it's cold outside. the heat will go out in order to even warm the outside.

wind is the feeling of that air moving.
>> Anonymous
I drove over to Indiana about 6 months back and as I was drive through central PA I saw a truck at a truck stop carring one of those Massive blades. I'm not sure but Im gonna say maybe as long as a football field?
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OP here.

The blades in my set of pictures here are 130 feet long. I believe that when they make them longer, they have to assemble them in two pieces. any longer than a certain amount, and the state patrol won't let you drive on the roads, not to mention the ability to navigate around corners. They have to do a massive amount of roadwork in order to allow for the turning radius of the big ass trailer.