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1. View of Canunda site
pre-construction.


2. Bulldozers clear the way for
access to the site.

3. Meanwhile, nacelles are being
constructed at the Vestas assembly
plant in Tasmania.


4. Gear box and generator being
assembled at Vestas plant.


5. The V80 hubs aboard the
Apollo Gracht, coming from Europe.

6. A finished nacelle, ready
for shipping to South Australia
from Tasmania.

7. Preparing reinforcement for
the gravity foundations - about
16m in diameter.


8. The tower base section is
lowered into place.


9. Final pour and surface
preparation of the base.


10. Finished base prior to backfilling.

11. Trenching work in preparation for cable laying. Total trenching length was 14km.


12. The cable layer lays the 33kV cable from turbine to turbine.

13. Snuggery substation, the connection point for energy being delivered from Canunda Wind Farm.



14. One of the V80 hubs makes its way to the site.

15. Two 40m blades in their shipping container being delivered to the site.

16. The rotor (assembled blades and hub) and nacelle ready for erection atop the turbine tower.



17. The first tower section is lifted into position.


18. The second of three tower sections of the 65m tower is put into place.

19. The rotor is fitted to the nacelle - guided by the erection crew up in the nacelle.


20. The finished turbine - one of 23.

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