Posts Tagged ‘ripley’

wind turbine raccoon sees you

Friday, April 18th, 2008

… and is unimpressed.

racoon at ripley

We encountered a raccoon last night. It was somewhat surprised to see us. Almost as much as we were to find it on top of the steps to a wind turbine.

go ripley!

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

I drove past Ripley Wind Farm today. Looks like most of the turbines are energised (they were yawed into the wind) and one was running.

Ripley Wind Farm

Friday, August 10th, 2007

I drove through Suncor/Acciona’s Ripley wind farm the other night. They’re just constructing, but this summer has been almost perfect weather for building (dry, still — which kind of sucks for farmers and those of us with wind farms nearby, but it’s an ill calm …).

I don’t usually take pictures of parked or machines under construction, but these Enercons are quite something.

Ripley Wind Farm - under construction

Ripley Wind Farm - under construction

Ripley Wind Farm - under construction