Saturday, June 11, 2011

Tons and Tons of Concrete to Hold Up A Wind Turbine

                                                                                          TONS OF CONCRETE


Single On-Shore Wind Turbine Foundation                                    1200
             (vestas.com)
Single Majestic Farm Wind Turbine Foundation                             607
         (windsystemsmag.com)



        2000 Sq-Ft Home foundation, footing and slab                        106
            (4'x9" walls, 4" slab)

        Olympic-sized Pool, filled with concrete                                  6599

        One Average Cement Truck - filled                                            17

        One cubic yard of concrete                                                          2



Why so much concrete??  Oh...

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