Can all of the foundation and underground wiring be re-used on the replacement, or do they have to dig everything oout of the ground and build fresh from scratch?
Execution is pretty much perfect! Too bad those trees had to suffer such damage, but otherwise the alignment was spot-on 🙏 But: We really need to think more of reuse of major components. A next / newturbine will need the same tower, after all. And a hub with blades. Why not take the blades / hub off, and then lift the entire nacelle off of the tower, generator and all? Like it was built? Put a new nacelle on, with a new (and hopefully more efficient!) generator. Connect the shaft to the old hub and all the existing cables, and Robert's your father's brother....
I'm curious; Why not drop the blades right before dropping the post? Let the blades fall down into the clearing so they didn't take out those trees? I'm guessing the cost of the extra work was greater than the value of the trees?
Amazing shot ! Incredible aiming. I think the aeronautical designs of the blades moved it just a couple degrees from what I saw. But, still an amazing shot
The good thing is, no massive environmental damage, no harmful fuels that last thousands of years to worry about or contain, no large scale chemical clean up, fast to bring down and remove, easy disconnection from the grid and more. This is one reason why wind energy is a good thing. Fast to install, fast to at filling the shortage of electric, buys time to build power stations, temporary structures that are good for 20-50years at most, easy to demolish, east to clear away and most of it is recyclable.
Not entirely true, the rotor blades are NOT recyclable. These have to be disposed of very laboriously and some countries just bury them😡 Added to this is the immense concrete foundation!. The entire round green area is the concrete base....
you are so right on all points, when they wear out or cant be fixed you just call C.D.I. and is down in seconds , cut up in days, every thing can be recycled , and a new one can be put up on the old foundation and your back in service in two weeks .
its people like you, making statements like this, that are lies!!! none of these will ever last 20 years, actually far from it most are at the end of their lifespan in 10!!! the amount diesel fuel & labor to install it will never be paid for with the electric it produces!!! if it was not our tax money funding it, it would never be cost prohibative!!! but keep driving your electric car & telling everyone how great it is to stop every 150 miles for 3 hours to charge it back up!!!
No doubt about it because at best they are only temporary. The good thing is, no massive environmental damage, no harmful fuels that last thousands of years to worry about or contain, no large scale chemical clean up, fast to bring down and remove, easy disconnection from the grid and more. This is one reason why wind energy is a good thing. Fast to install, fast to at filling the shortage of electric, buys time to build power stations, temporary structures that are good for 20-50years at most, easy to demolish, east to clear away and most of it is recyclable.
@@JonDingle Wind energy is an unsustainable technology expensive to run and none of the projects survive without government subsidies. Nuclear is the only viable way to both protect the environment and get the energy we need at least until fusion becomes viable so for the next 30-100 years.
