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Old Posted Dec 2, 2010, 4:31 AM
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You thought I was joking about it getting really flat an hour or two west? In the northeastern part of the state, at least we still have a few woodlots.

Here are a few scenes from White County.







Here's the base of a 1.5MW turbine.


It's 260 feet up to the center of the shaft, and the blades are 130 feet long, so it's 390 feet to the top of the arc. If I remember correctly, the concrete foundation is 14 feet in diameter and 37 feet deep. That's a lot of concrete!

I thought there would be some sort of lift to access the nacelle for maintenance, but nope! There's a caged ladder. Technicians wear safety harnesses and hook in and climb the whole way.
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