GE 1.5 Mw Wind Turbine Construction @ Mesalands Community College

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All the photos used in this video are available on my Flicker page – www.flickr.com Music is – Oxygene by Jean Michel Jarre I used power point to make this slide show video of the construction of our GE 1.5 Mw Wind Turbine @ Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari NM. one of a few colleges that have their own industrial Megawatt Wind Turbine. PLEASE if you like this video share it with your friends Here are some stats of this turbine a General Electric 1.5 Megawatt ESS Wind Turbine 1 Megawatt of electricity can supply 300-400 homes stands 254 feet to the hub, 391 feet highest blade reach the tower is sectioned into 3 parts, the base is 64 feet tall and 62.4 tons mid section is 82 feet and 41.7 tons top section is 98 feet and 33 tons the nacelle weighs 61 tons and hold the gearbox and generator that turn the wind in electricity each blade is 121 feet long and each weigh 7 tons. this video is actually the second one i made of the turbine. the first was on my first channel that i had before i was SkeptikSnarf – www.youtube.com

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Hugh Piggott is a pioneering creator of recycled wind turbines. He has managed to power and maintain an entire community on Scotland’s north-west coast where he runs courses teaching wind turbine construction to students from all over the world. Original: www.guardian.co.uk

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Community College Turns Out Wind Power Graduates

The Wind Energy and Turbine Technology Program, 2-year program at Iowa Lakes Community College, is turning out graduates ready for the work force. www.iptv.org

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