WTG blade assembly complete!
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At just about 12pm this afternoon, as more than 50 spectators watched from the snowy field behind the PHS gym, the final lift of the wind turbine hub and blades got underway. In a painstaking process that took more than two hours, the assembly was slowly lifted by two cranes, allowing workers to do final preparations under the hub, and then the entire assembly was slowly rotated vertical and lifted into position in front of the nacelle.
The process went smoothly, and by about 2:15pm, workers were unhooking the crane from the completed structure.
Portsmouth EDC Chair Rich Talipsky was seen shaking hands with Alex Pichs of AAER. Pichs said the final checkout procedure could take a couple of days, and Talipsky predicted that there would be a formal commissioning ceremony before the weekend.
More pix up on my Flickr stream.
(And I'm sure soon to follow on Bruce Ryerson's Flickr stream and Portsmouth photographer Judy Tate's web site.)
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Portsmouth Citizen
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 4:16pm
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A Proud Day for Portsmouth
The whole PWTG story was getting wide radio coverage this morning. Lots of repetition that this is the FIRST town to build a wind generator and it is the largest generator in the state and it will bring to Portsmouth hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
Let's give the people of Portsmouth who overwhelmingly voted for this a big round of applause!
John McDaid
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 4:52pm
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Second that
Hi, Portsmouth Citizen...
Big round of applause indeed, for the the voters of Portsmouth who approved this beautiful machine.
And for the members of the Economic Development Committee, who worked long and hard doing research, building public awareness, and shepherding the process through the regulatory hurdles.
And thanks to the elected officials on the Town Council and School Committee, and the administration of the town and schools, who guided the process and helped move it forward.
Thanks, everybody.
Cheers.
-j