I spent 4 days in Swift Current, where my parents now live. While there, they took me out to see the new windmills installed by SaskPower to create electricity cleanly. They were very impressive and I got a chance to "hug the environment" by hugging the windmills! Here are some quick facts about the windmills:
- There are 83 windmills
- They were built on 7500 acres of land
- The tip of the blade at it's highest point is 30 stories above the ground
- 2500 truckloads of concrete were used to pour the foundations
This is me hugging the windmill! I'm the little dot at the bottom. Give you a bit of perspective for how big they are!
Looking straight up at the windmill.
Field of windmills - it just wasn't possible to take a picture of all of them. They're so spread out.
One of the blades that fell down. They had it mounted at the office there. This is me and my mom standing beside it. She wouldn't hug it with me. :(
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My dad once told me a story about a guy who has some of these on his property. In the winter, the blades iced over when they were stopped, and when they started, the ice flew off and killed once of his cows. I don't know if it's true, but if it is, it's kind of hilarious.
oh my, that is quite the story Brooke. . . When I taught about wind energy on my internship that was not listed as one of the possible problems, one was that birds tended to build nests on top of them, and then get sliced up by the blades on occasion. . . I am sure you would approve of that though.
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