The company building our
local wind farm arranged a bus tour of the work so far, plus the opportunity to get close to one of the turbines. They had free food and real coffee, and face-painting for kids. They chartered a 55-seat bus for the tour. How many people do you think wanted to attend?
I rang up to book seats the day I heard about it, and the person I spoke to was surprised that at that stage they had over 100 bookings, so would have to run the bus twice. So we made it onto the second bus load,
and after us the bus made a third trip. And beyond that there were people who missed out all together, and will have to wait until the opportunity is repeated some time.
Since I showed the first turbine assembled back in
January, a few more have been erected:
Mount Buninyong in the distance. Of the eventual total of 38, 13 turbines are up so far, with one more like this:
Unfortunately we didn't get to see a blade being lifted, as it was too windy today! Wind farms have to be in windy places to generate power, but they need still days for the construction cranes to work.
Highlight of the tour was getting out of the bus and standing under one of the completed turbines.
It is tall! The tip of the top blade is 160 metres from ground level.
It was a very interesting tour, with the chance to ask questions as well as see the work up close. The turbines are all on private land, so these events are the only chance to get up close to them.
7 comments:
I love wind turbines. We have one not too far away that we visit often. I love walking under it. Unfortunately these turbines have not caught on in our area. People think they are too loud. Many were planned to be erected in the lake, but they were vetoed by folks who thought they would be an eyesore. It makes me mad,
How cool to get to see these machines up close! I have seen some in Japan from a distance. They are near the coast where it is very windy.
A really elegant structure. What a good turnout from the local community, clever of the company to feed and water everyone.
Were they noisy when you were there? That seems to be the main complaint of locals in some places.
Wow that was so lucky for you as you really wanted to see it up close.
We saw them after driving the back way to Ballan after the Begonia Festival, elegant structures.
They are not well liked in our area as we have so many of them. They are massive structures, aren't they?
Post a Comment