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Installing the Wind Turbine
The twin wind-rotors are craned onto the tower. The twin wind-rotors are craned onto the tower.


The Strand Wind Project had a number of construction and installation elements.

  • Building and painting the tower
  • Electrical and data conduits
  • Electrical connection
  • Concrete footings
  • Assembly of the wind-rotor
  • Installing tower and rotor


Conduits being laid  the reinforcing steel bar in the footings.  Shows the  the footings after the pour
These pictures show: 1) the conduits being laid and 2) the reinforcing steel bar in the footings. 3) Shows the fresh concrete during the pour process and 4) the footings after the pour was complete and backfilled with earth.
<span class="style3">the tower being painted</span>  the tower being painted <span class="style3">with  the wind-rotor arriving on a truck  the wind-rotor tower arriving on a truck
These pictures show: 1) the tower being painted, first with an undercoat, then 2) with the top coat. 3) and 4) Show the wind-rotor and tower arriving on a truck on the day of installation.
tower section is lowered   tower section is lowered into place  wind-rotor is lowered onto the tower  wind-rotor is lowered onto the tower
Here the tower section is lowered into place onto the bolts 1) and 2), and the wind-rotor is lowered onto the tower 3) and 4).
wind-rotor in place

 

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