Shoals Marine LabWind Turbine Construction, June 2007

William E. BemisKingsbury Director

Parts for the tower arrived in the evening of June 21.

We transferred tower components to the barge.

We barged them to the high tide pier for unloading.

Ross Hansen is sitting on the counterweight.

Kevin Carpenter on the tower during initial construction.

Frank, Kevin and Mike installing the stop for the mast.

Bob Pechie describes how to install it.

View of the SML campus from the top of the tower.

The first part of the mast is installed on its pivots.

First section of mast being installed.

Second section of mast and counterweight.

Third section of mast being installed.

Generating electricity on day one: June 29, 2007.

Generating electricity on day one: June 29, 2007.

And that is not all…

SML’s Engineering Interns installing solar panels: July 2007.