Fossil Gulch Wind Park

21 Responses to Fossil Gulch Wind Park

1. jfausset says:

   February 5, 2007 at 17:32

   That is just plain amazing and beautiful. If you need newly graduated engineers, I would love to work on projects like this one.
2. Nichen says:

   February 8, 2007 at 18:25

   Same here, to work with windparks in the future would be very giving.
3. LoparXL says:

   July 5, 2007 at 15:47

   I’d recommend that you watch the documentary Life Under a Wind Plant first.
4. GoogleSheriff says:

   August 17, 2007 at 22:51

   Cool, great video.
5. WindEnergy says:

   September 15, 2007 at 19:17

   Excellent video! I think you meant 1.0 Megawatt–there are no 10 Megawatt WTG’s (wind turbine generators) yet, as the largest in the world is a 5 MW turbine on a 120 meter tower -in Germany
6. Zitronekopf says:

   September 17, 2007 at 03:48

   This is pretty exciting watching all of this! I like how it’s not just a video of the turbine, but of the construction and everything that goes into putting one up. Also, for me at least, it was nice to see that it’s a GE turbine
7. Zitronekopf says:

   September 19, 2007 at 02:51

   I think maybe that the Fossil Gulch facility produces a total of 10MW with all 7 turbines up…not 10MW per turbine…because that would be one huge turbine…
8. DJJASON47 says:

   July 18, 2008 at 13:01

   How much did this cost us taxpayers and ratepayers, and how much of a true difference will it make in our energy supply? BTW, GE turbines are NOT made in the US, Zitronekopf. Don’t be fooled, do some research. Industrial wind power is an expensive scam.
9. Craneman666 says:

   September 9, 2008 at 01:02

   That Bragg LR-1400 is a looooooong way from home!
10. Teratornis says:

    October 8, 2008 at 22:52

    Lots of wind farms are selling all their output through renewable energy credits, thereby sparing those Tragedy of the Commons ratepayers who would rather get their power by spewing mercury from coal into the food supply from having to pay the slightly higher cost of wind power at the moment. So,
    DJJASON47, what’s your plan for reducing foreign oil?
11. DJJASON47 says:

    October 9, 2008 at 11:22

    How about advancing clean coal technology, nuclear, horizontal drilling both offshore and such places as ANWAR, MORE hydro, oil sands, etc. There is no way to satisfy radical environmentalism, we must come together and compromise. The lie of industrial wind can easily be seen if you just run the numbers. It cannot possibly make a dent in our electric needs!
12. Teratornis says:

    October 15, 2008 at 00:09

    I don’t know any wind power proponents who claim wind is the only source of power we need. However, I have looked at the numbers pretty carefully and I’m impressed by the potential of wind. I’d give you references but YouTube doesn’t accept links in these replies. I don’t have a huge problem with more nukes, it’s just that a nuke plant takes ten years to build, compared to a few months for a wind farm. Wind farms can expand incrementally and that’s important.
13. DJJASON47 says:

    October 15, 2008 at 15:56

    If you have looked at the numbers carefully, you have found that it takes a huge number of wind towers to equal just one conventional or nuke plant. We could cover our countryside with those giant towers and not make a real difference. Typical power plant produces up to 2000 MW of dependable, dispatchable power. One giant wind tower produces only about 1.5 MW of 20% efficient, intermittent power that needs to be backed up by a conventional power plant anyhow. What numbers have YOU been at?
14. theninja001 says:

    October 22, 2008 at 04:06

    you’re right, I’m sure the people who finance it didn’t “look at the numbers carefully” they love throwing away money….retard
15. damanlov says:

    December 17, 2008 at 04:55

    If you looked at the numbers carefully, you would have realized that nuclear power is the most expensive form of power generation, and the only reason it’s seen as cheap power is because the government pays the difference! Wind, hydro and solar power are still the best eco-friendly ways of producing power.
16. damanlov says:

    December 17, 2008 at 05:00

    I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t personally mind having a field of turbines next to my house, but I don’t want a nuclear plant anywhere near me!
17. damanlov says:

    December 17, 2008 at 05:02

    Indeed, the facility has a production capacity of 10.5MW actually, that is not to say that it will produce 10.5MW constantly, but depending on wind conditions it is capable of producing up to that amount.
18. tintenigel says:

    January 16, 2009 at 13:58

    Das soll eine 10 MW Anlage sein? Da lachen ja die Hühner. Schaut euch mal die E 126 von Enercon an!
19. Fighterkalle says:

    February 4, 2010 at 11:11

    Das is ne 1.5er von uns….wie kommst du auf 10MW????
    Wenn man keine Ahnung hat….
20. popcorntayto says:

    June 13, 2010 at 09:25

    crap and hate d yanks
21. geomodelrailroader says:

    July 9, 2010 at 01:35

    Nice video The wind mills can be seen from my house