• Question: How long does it take to build one wind turbine?

    Asked by 732amph24 to Shahil on 15 Mar 2017.
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      Shahil Juggernath answered on 15 Mar 2017:

      One wind turbine can be installed in about 2 months.

      Why?

      The part that takes the longest to make is the foundations. These require 28 days to set after being poured.

      Other than that, after building the foundations, it can take 1-2 days to install the entire turbine, then few more days to test and commission it and then you need to make sure this is connected to the electrical grid. These things vary in time but I would guess 2 months is the BARE minimum.

      BUT

      This is not what usually happens! You need 2-5 years to build an ENTIRE farm! You need this time to get permits to build, usually you are building in rural areas so you need to build roads, you need to order the wind turbine and they need to manufacture it! You sometimes also need to build an entire electrical substation to evacuate the power. Evacuate means that once the power is made, you get this to connect to the electrical grid.

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