Amazing Turbine Hoist
September 19, 2020
Go full screen on this one.
They call it ‘flying the blades”.
I waited for hours to see how the crane operator would solve this problem. One of the blades would have to be brought from behind the tower, to the front, so as to position it properly.
That was amazing enough.
But what really made my jaw drop was when I examined the drone footage later…
Climate Denial Crock of the Week 
September 19, 2020 at 7:32 pm
Times like this I appreciate having a large-screen on a desktop.
September 19, 2020 at 9:34 pm
Times like this I appreciate having a 72″ telly in my 5-tonne Hummer diesel runabout for getting the groceries.
September 19, 2020 at 9:25 pm
Since wind proponents claim up to 50% capacity factor in windy areas, and maybe 60 for offshore, you have to calculate there’ll be a lot of times when assembly, and maybe maintenance, is impossible. Even 60% still leaves a lot of room that batteries, or more likely gas, will have to fill. Doesn’t always go so smoothly, either – https://vertikal.net/en/news/story/35316/5000-tonne-crane-collapses-during-test
September 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm
Yes, shit happens all right. Mass production leads to fewer failures.
September 21, 2020 at 2:07 pm
Especially horrific is the months of spilled wind that local communities had to worry about cleaning up, crippling local economies and damaging ecosystems.
The giant construction machines and procedures for wind energy represent a subset of the technology of fossil fuel energy. Every single burning nacelle, crippled barge, or fallen tower can be matched with a counterpart in fossil fuel extraction and processing. Add to that the oil spills, leaked methane or coal ash dam failures associated with fossil fuels.
Even the environmental impact of making batteries only applies to making reusable energy storage components, unlike the ongoing stream of use-once fuel material that fossil resource extraction entails.
September 19, 2020 at 9:29 pm
Two ace workers who earn their bucks with skill – I wish I had a head for heights, I couldn’t stand aloft a modern turbine.
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“In June, Minnesota’s Attorney General sued ExxonMobil, among others, for launching a “campaign of deception” which deliberately tried to undermine the science supporting global warming.
To understand what’s happening today, we need to go back nearly 40 years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53640382
September 19, 2020 at 9:39 pm
I been trapped 900 feet up on an elevator top 40 minutes while the mechanic went to fix the mistake he did that trapped us. You just peek over the edge and see 74 elevator doors one below the other disappearing into darkness.
September 19, 2020 at 11:00 pm
I’ve seen this a few times, and have seen them haul the nacelle up and then put the blades on at the top, and what I don’t get when they do it this way is how the bottom blade doesn’t get damaged or even break off as they drag it up off the ground. Anybody know?
September 20, 2020 at 10:39 am
Check out center of the image, almost hidden by the trees. There is a second, much smaller crane that helps lift that last blade off the ground before it all goes vertical.
September 20, 2020 at 3:15 am
This is really awesome!
September 20, 2020 at 7:50 am
WOW! Just one big fucking WOW!
September 21, 2020 at 2:21 pm
Random whimsy: The dust devil that whirls down the road at ~0:49 reminds you of what this is all about.