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05-APR-2012 © Ron Asp

One Blade of a Wind Turbine Generator

Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Manufacturing blades in the 40 to 50 meter range involves proven fiberglass composite fabrication techniques. I believe that this is way larger as it take up two train flat decks... These are suppose to end of in Northern B.C. Will find out more later, can you think how big the tower is going to be when three blades are attached to the body.. The body is too big for the railway and has to be transported on ground... Interesting....
160ft long windmill blades, originated in Windsor CO on the BNSF and interchanged to CP at Coutts. CP will be taking them up to Clover Bar AB (CP’s interchange with the CN in Edmonton), whereupon, the CN will be taking them up to a place called Rycroft AB, just north of Grande Prairie AB. At Rycroft AB, they will be off-loaded and placed onto trucks and driven over to a wind farm that BC Hydro is erecting near Tumbler Ridge BC.

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Nikon D300S
1/350s f/11.0 at 24.0mm iso500 hide exif
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Date/Time05-Apr-2012 21:30:02
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D300S
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length24 mm
Exposure Time1/350 sec
Aperturef/11
ISO Equivalent500
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
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malcolm haslam06-Apr-2012 18:30
WOW...that's amazing. Great shot.
:-)