Ooh! New Pylons!

[sammyshooter]

Anyone else seen these?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32225276

Very slender!

 

[DPG]

Ha ha, I was just looking at that. Exciting times eh! Daz

 

[Knobhead]

The foundation hole looks, eeerrm, massive. A bit different to this, a screen shot from a film of building the first run of metal pylons in New Zealand.

 

[Silly Sausage]

The foundation hole looks, eeerrm, massive.

Look at the base for a 3MW Wind Turbine ...

https://windfarmaction.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-sums-dont-add-up/

 

[Knobhead]

Without looking I’ve a good idea of what they’ll be like. I was involved in some major plant modifications which involved a new 200’ steel chimney. Rock anchors first, an intermediate foundation ring, followed by the ground level foundation ring. Everything had to be pre-stressed before pouring commenced.

 

[Fin170]

Look at the base for a 3MW Wind Turbine ...

https://windfarmaction.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-sums-dont-add-up/

900 tonnes of concrete (162,000kg of C02) for 3MW (if it was at 100%)? Do they even break even in there long, reliable life? :rolleyes4:

 

[Knobhead]

900 tonnes of concrete (162,000kg of C02) for 3MW (if it was at 100%)? Do they even break even in there long, unreliable life? :rolleyes4:

Corrected that for you.

 

[Fin170]

Corrected that for you.

Well in that case you missed the term long as well

 

[cossie400]

To be fair I think he completely missed your sarcasm

 

[PEG]

When i was in the piling job,years back,the biggest augered piles here,were 3.5 meters,at Canary Wharf...we were augering 5 meter piles,and grab-excavating 5m x 1.5m piles,down 30+ meters,in the holy-land...

Anything falling over,after them,is ABOVE the ground :icon12: