September 24, 2016
Maine

Massive wind turbine parts arrive at Clifton site

Linda Coan O'Kresik | BDN, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, bangordailynews.comLinda Coan O'Kresik | BDN – Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, bangordailynews.com

A 14-foot diameter, 60-ton base of a Vestas V90-1.8 megawatt wind turbine is hauled up the access road to the Pisgah Mountain wind farm site in Clifton Friday morning. This is the first of 45 pieces that will be trucked from the port in Searsport to the site in Clifton over three weeks. Developer Paul Fuller said that the five turbines need to be in place before Oct. 15 to meet a deadline required as part of the Public Utility Commission’s 20-year Community-based Renewable Energy contract between Pisgah and Emera Maine. Each turbine has a hub height of 305 feet and each blade is 140 feet long. A 351-foot crane was brought in to install them on the mountain. This $25 million wind farm project was unanimously approved by the Clifton Planning Board back in October 2011.

The 14-foot diameter, 60-ton base of a Vestas V90-1.8 MW wind turbine is hauled along the access road to the Pisgah Mountain wind farm site in Clifton Friday morning. This is the first of 45 pieces to be brought in over three weeks to build the five wind turbines.

Workers look over the situation after the back wheels went off the access road while hauling the 60-ton base of a wind turbine up to the Pisgah Mountain wind farm site in Clifton on Friday morning. This is the first of 45 pieces to be brought in over three weeks to build the five wind turbines.

URL to article:  https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2016/09/24/massive-wind-turbine-parts-arrive-at-clifton-site/

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