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Concrete pour for underground wind turbine foundationConcrete pour for underground wind turbine foundation - Capital Energy, “Buseco” in Asturias, SpainMay 27, 2023
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Land use requirements for different electricity generatorsThese land requirements include all mining, waste storage, grid connections, drilling, and pipelines - from The Washington Post, May 10, 2023May 19, 2023
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Minerals used in different transport and power generation technologiesComparison of minerals used in different transport and power generation technologies - International Energy Association, “The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions” (2021) - note that the comparison of power generation is by installed rated capacity, not by lifetime (or even annual) delivery of actual energyMay 18, 2023
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Hours of generation by Lista wind plant, NorwayHistogram of hours generating at each 3.8-MW range, from 0 to maximum 71.3 – 2022, Lista wind energy facility, 31 × 2.3-MW Siemens SWT-93 wind turbines: Average annual output ~26.9 MW – at or above that rate only ~44% of the timeMay 06, 2023
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Discarded wind turbine blades, IowaDiscarded wind turbine blades, Earlham, Iowa
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Substation for wind turbines, Churubusco, New YorkSubstation for wind turbines, Churubusco, New York
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Oil stains on a turbine in the Kumeyaay wind facility on the Campo Indian ReservationOil stains on a turbine in the Kumeyaay wind facility on the Campo Indian Reservation
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Industrial wind is not healthy for children and other living thingsIndustrial wind is not healthy for children and other living things
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Wind turbine hub: oily dirt and missing nose coneVestas 1.65-megawatt wind turbine, missing its nose cone, at Portland General Electric’s Biglow Canyon wind farm in Wasco County, Oregon, 2022 - Photographer: Dave Killen/The Oregonian
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Repacking the backfill over the concrete foundation mound to a hardness many times the original soil structureRepacking the backfill over the concrete foundation mound to a hardness many times the original soil structure
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Installing the blades at the Blue Grass Ridge wind farm in Gentry County, MissouriInstalling the blades at the Blue Grass Ridge wind farm in Gentry County, Missouri
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