The three blades of a beautiful new EWT turbine were laying on the ground, ready to go!
They are huuuuge:
The "man shack", where the workers stay onsite. I was the only woman present. Our host made a huge pot of coffee and proceeded to cook up a mountain of food for... second breakfast or first lunch or whatever meal it is you eat at 10:30 in the morning--bacon, biscuits, eggs, ham, and grits for his crew (and visitors). *pats belly*
The hub for the new turbine:
And the foundation:
The grounding is done via these huge, beautiful, pure copper cables:
The met tower:
While they had the giant crane rented (the largest crane in the Alaskan interior, I was told), they utilized it to make some repairs on an existing turbine:
The blades were removed and laid on the ground:
And I crawled inside and looked down each blade. Here is a motor that controls a single blade's pitch angle:
Then I took Autumn and Linden for a walk around the farm. Earth was already dug for foundations for the next three turbines!
The hub is going back on!
It is manipulated the old-fashioned way!
More land needs to be cleared on the property if they build new turbines!
4 comments:
The hub looks like an alien ship we saw in ET. Cannot imagine they maneuver it with a rope? Interesting to see the installation.
Always remember to keep a distance and watch your surroundings at those job sites, You should bring and wear a safety helmet next time.
Job sites generally have hard hats aplenty. I always borrow one. :)
Just please not to forget to borrow the hat. Your own hat fits your head the best.
It's not easy to "forget" to put on a hard hat on a job site. It's VERY illegal to be on a job site without one. If for whatever reason you forget, everyone around you will be jumping up and down.
Also, hard hats are adjustable. They are designed to be. :)
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