PYCO Wind Turbine Construction Timelapse (short)

[RealationGames]

I was looking for info of what's beneath the ground, specifically how deep does the structure go.

But cool video anyway, thanks. It's amazing how many different videos of anything you can find here.

[tekn0lust]

@RealationGames I think the footer is between 15 and 20 feet deep.

[TransportationSupply]

Time Lapse is so fun! This video is entertaining to say the least. Construction is an amazing thing.

[WindEnergy7]

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[FROZYO]

What were they using to fasten the pieces? I didn't see it in the video.

[tekn0lust]

@FROZYO The segments are connected by between 50 and 120 very large nut/bolts. They are 5-7 inches long with 2-3 inch nuts.

[tiolynn1]

loved the video thanks ;-)))

[SmallWindTurbines]

I like the time lapse production, nice.

[ChiefCogaz]

Thanks for posting this video. Its truly incredible how these guys put up such a huge turbine in only 4 days !! Very informative and thanks again.

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[t850]

...how big is that mobile crane...

[tekn0lust]

so big that is was brought in on 12 railcars. I took some captures of them disassembling it, unfortunately it rained most of that week and the images did not turn out very well.

I think the crane assembled is over 100 meters tall.

[t850]

...cool...: )

[pafghan1]

what was the name of the company that constructed the wind turbines,

thanks,

John

[towerjd38]

the name of the company is

Wave Wind LLC from Sun prarie Wisconsin the people working on this project were from texas branch

[TexasHighDef]

Very coool!!!*****Duke

[Modeltrainguy]

WOW! O_O

BRAVO! Amazing! 5 Stars!

[Redshift21]

According to who you believe the world has reached "peak oil" or will reach it within our lifetimes, energy, goods and services are going to increase in cost unless we bite the bullet and follow a much more aggressive renewable energy policy here in the UK as well.

[windpowerrocks]

check out my wind power vids...

[jmunnikhuis]

cool vid... could do with some music though

[yonirules]

no music means listen to whatever you want! its so much better than having someone you dont know decide a song for you

[scottylans]

No, too many morons add music to videos which simply don't need it on youtube.

[rasmasyean]

The problem with nuclear is that most people don't want the miniscule chance of getting radiated. They rather have the guaranteed chance of slowly dying by breathing in polution over time.

[popat2000]

what happens when nuclear we peak plutonium or thorium or whichever radioactive fuel you use as an energy source? will the US invade other countries rich in these fuels in the future?

We can easily fulfill our energy needs with renewables (only if you plan to live a sustainable life and not a wasteful one like most of the west lives).

US uses 9 hectares of land (energy+food+industries, supplies basically) per person and EU averages out to 5-6.

[superdau]

Not one of the largest (tests for 6MW turbines are running in Germany, a single blade longer than the whole wingspan of a 747), but nice to see they build big ones in the US, too.

[littleredbirdy]

We're gonna need a bigger mill.

[petersilk]

what about the days before with the piling rig?

[tekn0lust]

The pilings were poured a month early and I didn't have my equipment up at the time. Wish I had though.

[butt37]

Um i have a question. I'm still in highschool and I want to know what course if you have to take one to like construct these type of windmills. I don't know if you work on them but if you do can you reply to this comment. thanks

[johnpoole123]

I am a civil engineering and I didn't work on these but a friend of mine does. He works for a construction company that specializes in this type of thing. A degree in civil engineering, construction management or construction science will set you up pretty well for this type of thing.

[kohmsford]

Nuclear waste actually isn't radioactive at all.  And contains material already found in the earth. So yes...Bury it.

[Bra55Monkey]

Actually it is radioactive; However, your right, the decay of radioactive elements heat the earth's interior. So why not put the nuclear waste in the mantle where there are no living organisms to be effected.

[toliseju]

I love how the sky clears up as it is being built- it's like the earth is happy! :)

[dmbfan2007]

!!Nuclear Energy!! 100 times less land intensive and way more efficient.

[tekn0lust]

Sure and when one of these fails it *might* hurt one person. When a nuclear reactor fails millions *will* be hurt.

[aaqal]

The only reason Chernobyl melted was because they were doing experiments when they weren't supposed to, and as for 3 mile island, nobody was hurt, and the reactor vessel contained the nuclear fuel, and never escaped the plant. in fact, one of the nuclear generators is still running.

[tekn0lust]

It is simple risk reward.  The risk just isn't worth the reward yet. Maybe someday, but not yet.

[ModernGeek]

What makes you think that we do not have the technology, experience, knowledge, and resources to build safe, efficient nuclear reactors? Nuclear + Electric Vehicles = Energy Independence.

[superdau]

Energy independence? You should check the facts. The US are mining a mere 2.5% of the worlds uranium. World reserves are estimated to be depleted in 85 years (at current consumption). Uranium price has gone up 800% (8-hundred!) in the last decade. Nuclear power is a dead end, relying on it is repeating the same mistake, made with oil. For the "experience" of efficient reactors: the US need double the amount of uranium for the same amount of energy produced than Germany or France.

[pwclimber]

first off, the chance thing falls is nil. second, nuclear energy is far safer than most people think. the 3 mile island 'disaster' really was tame; mild radiation exposure beyond what we already experience every day. no loss of life.

on the other hand, coal kills thousands annually by air pollution, and increases stress to the environment and people via global warming. gasoline pollution kills thousands. get after the real killer: fossil fuel pollution, not nuclear energy (or falling turbines).

[4saw2]

Even Chernobyl has relatively few directly attributed deaths (about 50), most of which were firefighters who died during building collapse, not radiation exposure. Of those attributed to long term radiation exposure, the number may be closer to 4000.

Of course, if you believe Greenpeace, you'll get numbers more like 500,000. In my experience, these groups are usually wilfully ignorant of reality.

[jefferygomer]

You need both.

Nuclear is far more safe than you think. In fact, the older ones in use right now are more dangerous than the new designs that are in place. As soon as people stop thinking every nuclear reactor is going to turn into a Chernobyl or Hiroshima, the sooner we'll get to clean, renewable energy.

But wind is still good. Love it.

[Rhenthalin]

and then there's the problem of the waste but I guess we could stick it in your backyard.

[f50mann]

OK, but what do you do with the spent nuclear material? bury it?

[ndepalma]

Yeah but nuclear is fairly safe compared to the old days of three mile island. I personally like the way the turbines look. Out of sight, out of mind makes us forget that energy isn't as abundant as we think.

[jefferygomer]

Three Mile Island is the most over hyped nuclear event ever. Show me some reports the effects of that event. And look how every other power plant has responded to Three Mile.

[immrlizard]

Once they find a way to safely and efficiently dispose of the waste, it will be considered a better system. Trucking it across the country to put in a hole in the ground doesn't meet those requirements.

[kerekerdo]

Exactly. The only but huge backdraw of nuclear power plants (nuclear waste). There is no real solution: launching it to space would be far too expansive. Buring it (what they do now) is not a solution either as an earthquake can move the waste to the surface - no mather how deep you dig it, as nuclear waste stays radioactive for hundred-thousands of years. You simply can't predict an area's seismic future for that long... So my vote goes for Wind Turbine.

[thomasw78]

Wind will never match the power you can get from a nuclear plant. France is 80% nuclear and they are a country the size of Texas. You think they would be 80% nuclear if they were having problems finding space for the waste?

[jefferygomer]

Nuclear waste isn't nearly as bad as people think. Nuclear Reprocessing is an absolute must. PUREX is a good system, and there are many more on the horizon. Each time you reprocess, you seriously reduce the half life.

There is no way you can rely solely on wind. It is a great source of energy, and it is getting more efficient, but society cannot solely rely on it. You hear a lot about wind farms, but there are new coal and oil plants too.

If you don't go nuclear, you'll never truly be green.

[BBBS]

You can't destroy nuclear waste, not unless you're an alchemist.

[someguyinsantaclara]

Actually, there is a plasma driven waste burning system that has been designed and operated. Completely self sustaining and provides auxilary power as well. From what I heard it can also be used to destroy used nuclear waste.

[oisiaa]

What? A couple hundred gallons of Diesel is nothing, this turbine will be putting out power for decades.

[briandrews15]

Where is this; what street is this on? I used to live in Lubbock. go red raiders!

[tekn0lust]

East 50th Street just inside the loop

[tsondie21]

How do the parts of the tower stay connected? I dont see welders of any kind.

[tekn0lust]

There are 50+ bolts on the inside at each segment junction.

[jefferygomer]

A couple people go up on the inside of it. They go up with only enough bolts for the first flange to put the two sections together. You can see after the second tower goes up, the crane grabs something else, and drops it inside. That would be some various tools and parts to put the rest together.

If you ever want to get in shape - be the person that crawls inside the turbines.

[Mrkino]

nice cranes you got there! are they all link-belt cranes?

[zakooldude]

Excellent video. The cranes have a personified look with the time lapse. Kind of cute, even.

[seriago]

Nice timelapse video and editing too. How did you do the close up? I saw the original long version but there was no close up.

[tekn0lust]

Glad you like it. The original frames are 1856x1392. I used ImageMagick's convert command to slowly crop 30 frames down to 640x480 and then did the reverse to zoom out. Because the movie was rendered at 640x480 it give the effect of a zoom.

[seriago]

Ah yes ImageMagick! I've tried setting it up in the past but with no success. (server side) Anyhow that zoom works well...just when we want to see closer.

Thanks