Wind turbine construction update
Submitted by Griff Wigley on Sun, 08/29/2004 - 8:37am
The tower sections, nacelle & generator unit, and rotor hub arrived on Friday and Saturday. The base of the tower is up, with the remaining two tower sections and nacelle to be put in place on Monday. On Tuesday, the blades will be attached to the rotor hub while on the ground and then, assuming favorable weather, the entire rotor assembly will be lifted to the top of the tower.
See the hi-res version of these and 3 dozen more photos in the wind turbine photo album.
See Windpower.org's wind turbine educational section for an explanation of the parts of the turbine... suitable for kids and turbine-clueless adults like me.
