wind turbine

Location: Honey Farm, Weld County, Colorado

We finished the  installation of our second roof mounted wind turbine on Wednesday in a remote, off-grid location in Weld County Colorado.  We spent a few days reinforcing the structure of the building and installing the electronics.  It then required another day to install the first part of the tower system – the tower brackets that hold the tower in place.  Finally it was crane day, where we lifted and installed the tower and a 1.2kW wind turbine.  Dusty, from Sterling Crane, did a great job lifting and tilting the towers.  He really made our job easy.  It was a great experience  and went like clockwork.  A special thanks to MoJeaux’s BBQ!  Lunch was delicious!

I am really happy with the whole installation.  Our process was well planned out and efficient, and we are all excited about putting together and installing the rest of the components for the Honey Farm hybrid power system.  We have 1.2 kW of photovoltaic panels, a UGE 1k turbine,and a solar thermal system yet to be installed.  When we are finished, the system will power Bruce’s entire honey processing operation!

The towers were designed by our team under the guidance of our engineer, Geoff Robinson.  They not only look good but are safe and easy to climb.  We tested the turbine after installation, and it worked well.  This past weekend Northern Colorado had some great wind (50+ mph), and the turbine put out a significant amount of power.  The tower structure performed well too.  Bruce charged batteries, ran a large floor heater, and had all the lights on.  He even charged his cordless tool batteries all day, and the battery system hardly lost charge.

We had a special guest helping us with this installation.  Steve Milford with TIC Telecom came up from Texas to help guide the towers in place.  Thanks Steve!  SoleVento recently partnered with TIC Telecom to provide our clients with a true national installation force, saving us time and our clients money.  We can install turbines anywhere in the US and do it with dedicated and skilled installers. We are very excited about our relationship with TIC,  and we really enjoyed working with Steve Milford.  He is a good man and is dedicated to bringing alternative energy to an industry that can really benefit from SoleVento’s products and services.  I believe that our companies  are going to do a lot of really important projects together all over the country.

Loving what I do,

Walker