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Embedded ring foundations
Author: Miceli, Francesco | Photos, Technology
Embedded ring is one of the 2 solutions currently used in onshore wind farm foundations. Basically [it] is a steel cylinder with several holes: a set of holes all around it to allow radial steel reinforcement bars to cross it and another set of holes for the passage of medium voltage cables and the earth copper wire. This element is lifted with a crane, and it is put on the foundation hole, above the blinding concrete. Then the topographer levels . . .
More »Augercast deep foundation piles
Author: Miceli, Francesco | Photos, Spain, Technology
The following pictures are from a wind farm where due to the weak conditions of the subsoil a deep foundation with piles has been necessary, using a technique known as continuous flight augering (CFA). As you can see, with the same machine we drilled and pumped the concrete in the hole. A dry hole has been made, without the use of bentonite or others drilling fluids to maintain vertical the walls of the hole: the earth is removed using an . . .
More »Impacts of Industrial Wind Development on Wildlife and Ridgeline Habitat
Author: Various | Environment, New Hampshire, Photos, Vermont, Wildlife
Dedication Every New Englander has a right to have an unencumbered and uncompromised mountain in their backyard. This is dedicated to all New Englanders in the private sector and government who have put their energy, time and money towards the preservation of these fragile mountain landscapes. For these mountains are a part of their heart and soul. They are about freedom, wildness and diversity. They allow us to step back from our fast-paced world and walk into the future with . . .
More »Shepherd’s Flat wind farm
Author: Francis, Jamie | Aesthetics, Environment, Oregon, Photos
Caithness Energy marked the opening of its Shepherd’s Flat wind farm near Arlington in September. Billed as one of the world’s largest wind farms, the project attracted national attention for stacking federal and state subsidies. Developers subdivided the project to qualify for three $10 million tax credits from Oregon, where regulators approved the final tax credit last month. Photos by Jamie Francis, The Oregonian. Click photos for larger versions.
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