PYCO Wind Turbine Construction Timelapse (short)
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This is the short version timelapse of one of the PYCO 1 Megawatt Wind Turbines. The construction of this turbine took place from March 31st 2008 to April 4th 2008 in Lubbock Texas.
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March 15th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
According to who you believe the world has reached “peak oil” or will reach it within our lifetimes, energy, goods and services are going to increase in cost unless we bite the bullet and follow a much more aggressive renewable energy policy here in the UK as well.
March 17th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Um i have a question. I’m still in highschool and I want to know what course if you have to take one to like construct these type of windmills. I don’t know if you work on them but if you do can you reply to this comment. thanks
March 19th, 2009 at 6:07 am
check out my wind power vids…
March 20th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
No, too many morons add music to videos which simply don’t need it on youtube.
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
no music means listen to whatever you want! its so much better than having someone you dont know decide a song for you
March 24th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
what happens when nuclear we peak plutonium or thorium or whichever radioactive fuel you use as an energy source? will the US invade other countries rich in these fuels in the future?
We can easily fulfill our energy needs with renewables (only if you plan to live a sustainable life and not a wasteful one like most of the west lives).
US uses 9 hectares of land (energy+food+industries, supplies basically) per person and EU averages out to 5-6.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:10 am
cool vid… could do with some music though
March 26th, 2009 at 12:07 am
You can’t destroy nuclear waste, not unless you’re an alchemist.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
The problem with nuclear is that most people don’t want the miniscule chance of getting radiated. They rather have the guaranteed chance of slowly dying by breathing in polution over time.
March 27th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Not one of the largest (tests for 6MW turbines are running in Germany, a single blade longer than the whole wingspan of a 747), but nice to see they build big ones in the US, too.
March 28th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Energy independence? You should check the facts. The US are mining a mere 2.5% of the worlds uranium. World reserves are estimated to be depleted in 85 years (at current consumption). Uranium price has gone up 800% (8-hundred!) in the last decade. Nuclear power is a dead end, relying on it is repeating the same mistake, made with oil. For the “experience” of efficient reactors: the US need double the amount of uranium for the same amount of energy produced than Germany or France.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:49 am
We’re gonna need a bigger mill.
March 31st, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Actually, there is a plasma driven waste burning system that has been designed and operated. Completely self sustaining and provides auxilary power as well. From what I heard it can also be used to destroy used nuclear waste.
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:28 am
Nuclear waste isn’t nearly as bad as people think. Nuclear Reprocessing is an absolute must. PUREX is a good system, and there are many more on the horizon. Each time you reprocess, you seriously reduce the half life.
There is no way you can rely solely on wind. It is a great source of energy, and it is getting more efficient, but society cannot solely rely on it. You hear a lot about wind farms, but there are new coal and oil plants too.
If you don’t go nuclear, you’ll never truly be green.
April 3rd, 2009 at 6:19 am
Wind will never match the power you can get from a nuclear plant. France is 80% nuclear and they are a country the size of Texas. You think they would be 80% nuclear if they were having problems finding space for the waste?
April 5th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Three Mile Island is the most over hyped nuclear event ever. Show me some reports the effects of that event. And look how every other power plant has responded to Three Mile.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:04 am
You need both.
Nuclear is far more safe than you think. In fact, the older ones in use right now are more dangerous than the new designs that are in place. As soon as people stop thinking every nuclear reactor is going to turn into a Chernobyl or Hiroshima, the sooner we’ll get to clean, renewable energy.
But wind is still good. Love it.
April 9th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Actually it is radioactive; However, your right, the decay of radioactive elements heat the earth’s interior. So why not put the nuclear waste in the mantle where there are no living organisms to be effected.
April 12th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
The pilings were poured a month early and I didn’t have my equipment up at the time. Wish I had though.
April 14th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
what about the days before with the piling rig?
April 15th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
What? A couple hundred gallons of Diesel is nothing, this turbine will be putting out power for decades.
April 18th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Exactly. The only but huge backdraw of nuclear power plants (nuclear waste). There is no real solution: launching it to space would be far too expansive. Buring it (what they do now) is not a solution either as an earthquake can move the waste to the surface – no mather how deep you dig it, as nuclear waste stays radioactive for hundred-thousands of years. You simply can’t predict an area’s seismic future for that long… So my vote goes for Wind Turbine.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Once they find a way to safely and efficiently dispose of the waste, it will be considered a better system. Trucking it across the country to put in a hole in the ground doesn’t meet those requirements.
April 20th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Nuclear waste actually isn’t radioactive at all. And contains material already found in the earth. So yes…Bury it.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:55 am
What makes you think that we do not have the technology, experience, knowledge, and resources to build safe, efficient nuclear reactors? Nuclear + Electric Vehicles = Energy Independence.