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Common sense isn't.
18 Vestas Windmills (Wind
Turbines) at Buffalo Mountain
2006 April
The
following photos are from a
visit
to the wind power plant several days after Earth Day 2006 and just
after the
20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.
We first tried going the longer,
back way from the north, but eventually turned back.
After several days of rain, the water was over the bridge as deep as
I've seen.
The gravel road was settling, and water was running
down the road. After a brief attempt with some slipping and skidding,
we decided to go back and try the shorter, steeper route.
Motorized
Vehicles
Prohibited
TVA Police
1-800-824-3861
NOTICE
U.S. Property
Gates will remain closed during
weather related icing conditions
Theft or willful injury to property
is a violation of Federal Law
TVA Police 1-800-824-3861
Thanks to
Dr.
E (archive 2006) for the 3
photos above and the final photo below.
Two new 1.8 MW wind turbines are now seen before reaching the 3 original 660 kW
turbines.
Information in website logs and blogs led to this trip to the wind
power plant
site. Website access logs and
statistics can have much information, or
mis-information. With widely available
browsing tools such as Tor
to change IP
addresses,
RefControl (archive 2007. Mozilla re-organizes a lot, so enjoy the forwarding ride, or
click here to jump.)
to
change
Referers, and
User Agent
Switcher (archive 2006) to
change
browser user-agent
(browser, computer and operating system description), people who write
blogs can disguise who they are or provide
inaccurate contact
information. In this case, however, the information in logs and blogs
led to an interesting and enjoyable visit to the plant site.
In this website's logs I saw some requests from a link in
a
Japanese blog (archive 2006). Through the wonder of
online translators
, the blog
told about 2 unsuccessful attempts to visit the power plant
site. Since I enjoy visiting the plant site, and hadn't been there since the expansion construction phase, I sent
an offer to take the blog writer and family on a tour. One thing led to another, and eventually we
went on this trip, and saw the expanded plant site with 18 Vestas wind
turbines.
Invenergy
INVENERGY TN LLC
BUFFALO MOUNTAIN ENERGY CENTER
27 MEGAWATT WIND PROJECT
COMMERCIAL OPERATION DATE
DECEMBER 9, 2004
1980 WINDROCK ROAD
TVA
Motorized
Vehicles
Prohibited
TVA Police
1-800-824-3861
15
DANGER
HIGH
VOLTAGE
NOTICE
AUTHORIZED
PERSONNEL
ONLY
DANGER
HIGH
VOLTAGE
Newer turbine appears to tower over original three turbines.
Two of three original 660 kW turbines in foreground, with several newer 1800 kW turbines in background.
Fence
along edge of site, and a maintenance building at the end.
New
electric substation near the old "wind
park" sign.
Huge boulder slid down to road.
Related Links:
In Oak Ridge before transport to power plant site, nacelle
assembly site off Bethel Valley Road, and blade and
tower storage site along railroad tracks.
SACE has had a collection of
photos
showing transport and construction (archive 2007) of the new wind turbines,
from July and August 2004.
Quote of the moment |
Where is it now, the glory and the dream? |
~ William Wordsworth, Intimations of Immortality. Stanza 5.
~ |
Thanks to Highland Media
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