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| 1) Ground breaking ceremony for the wind turbine
in May, 2005. Right to left: Kristen Blann, Aaron Olson, David Winkelman,
Nadine Schissler. |
2) The Jacobs tower and turbine kit come to the
site in hundreds of pieces on two trailers in July. The foundation
and anchors have already been installed a month prior to this point. |
3) Inspecting the tower parts inventory. |
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| 4) The tower parts are organized for efficiency
by number. All parts are galvanized hot and double dipped. |
5) This is the first section of the tower to
be put together (the top section). |
6) The sections are then bolted together to form
the beginning of a tower...with lots of bolts!! |
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| 7) Pictured here is the completed 120' tower.
Next, the rotor and generator will be put in place. |
8) The trench is dug for the wires to run from
the tower to the controls in the nearby 4-H building. |
9) Here is the rotor hub and governor system
being installed. The tower assembly usually takes about one week. |
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10) Here the blades are installed and tension
springs are being adjusted because each blade has a small weight
difference. |
11) The tower and turbine are complete and waiting
for the crane to hoist it into position. |
12) Pictured here is a cool geometrical view
looking through the center of the tower. |
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| 13) Two of the base "legs"
are hinged. This makes for a easy "tip up" of the tower
into place. You can also see the cut off box. |
14) The 100 ton crane is in place
and hooks up to the tower on the second section. Fifteen minutes
later, it's tipped up and locked. |
15) The crane tips the tower up
on two hinged legs and locks into the third leg to be bolted to
the pad foundation. |
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| 16) Home grown power is being generated at the
fairgrounds. There is money in the wind! |
17) Public education signs teach visitors about
the project. Please stop by and check it out yourself. |
