The CERA Wind Turbine is Up and Running
29 January 2007
On the afternoon of Friday, January 26th, installation of the wind turbine at CERA was completed. As of 4:30 Friday, the turbine was generating 31 kilowatts.

For those of you who worked so hard to bring wind power to Grinnell, but couldn't be here to witness the installation, below is a photo series of building and raising the turbine.

Footings Are Poured.

Delivery

Tower Parts

Building First Section

Towers Completed

Normie McInnis, Entegrity's field technician arrives to oversee turbine installation. Normie really knew his stuff and was a pleasure to work with, thanks Normie!

Connecting Turbine to Tower

Attaching Blades

Lifting Top Section

Aligning Top Sections

Bolting Top Section to Base

Completed and Spinning