Turbine up and running
I’ve written before about the turbine we’re having put up at our place. There were some challenges along the way, but it’s been up and running now for nearly a month!
Almost there:

I’ve written before about the turbine we’re having put up at our place. There were some challenges along the way, but it’s been up and running now for nearly a month!
Almost there:
The small wind project is almost complete. We’ve had a big tower sitting on our hill for the last month first waiting for the turbine itself to come, and now we’ve been waiting for the go ahead from our electric cooperative, Lake Region Electric. We’re still looking to finalize our interconnection agreement and also have the electrical work inspected for the final ok. The last thing after that is to get a crane here to tilt the tower up and hopefully the wind still blows.
After some serious digging, Dan and Bill poured the foundation. Since this is a tripod tower with three legs, three pylons were put in place with mounts on top to attach to the tower.
After putting in the foundation, Dan and Bill ran the wire about 300 feet down to our woodshed where the inverter will be placed. Power will run down the line to the inverter, become transformed into usable energy and then run the short distance to our main junction box. This was done just in time before freeze up. Once the ground froze, this would have been impossible.