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November 03, 2021 – Wind Views | Loading Trucks

Moving equipment and materials can be an everyday task for a busy construction crew like One Energy’s! Our technicians work together to load trucks and trailers so that these tasks can be carried out safely and efficiently.

In today’s edition of Wind Views, a One Energy technician operates a forklift to load cables on a trailer. These cables will be used in a current trenching project.

If you look closely, you can see a second technician advising from outside the forklift, from a safe distance. Being able to efficiently transport materials and equipment is essential to keep construction on track.

November 02, 2021 – “Findlay-based One Energy makes foray into niche Wind for Industry market,” The Blade

Reporter Tom Henry from The Blade out of Toledo, Ohio visited the One Energy headquarters to tour the North Findlay Wind Campus and interview CEO Jereme Kent and the One Energy team. Read the company profile here and learn more about the unique business model, including what employees say makes working at this entrepreneurial industrial power company in Findlay, Ohio so appealing.

November 01, 2021 – Wind Study | Answer 26

Did you spend all week digging around in your brain for the solutions to last week’s Wind Study homework problems? You can now put away your mental skid steer and check the answers – it’s time to dish the dirt! 🌱

Last week’s questions were all about trenching. Pictured below is a trench dug by One Energy’s technicians using skid steers, with neatly bundled cable laying at the bottom – prepared to help send electricity to a Wind for Industry customer’s facility!

Download today’s answers here, check for the answers on Monday, and be sure to share this educational series on Facebook and Twitter!

October 27, 2021 – Wind Views | Tower Sections

Each One Energy wind turbine is supported by a tower made up of four sections: the base section, the lower-mid section, the upper-mid section, and the top section. Each section tapers so that it’s wider at the bottom than it is at the top – which provides stability.

In today’s edition of Wind Views, a crane is lifting the lower-mid tower section, as One Energy technicians prepare to “catch” it and attach it to the base section. We call this phase of wind turbine construction “stacking the tower.” You can see all four tower sections in this photo, and if you look closely, you may notice their tapered shape!

October 26, 2021 – “Panel discussion: Co-creating innovative solutions for the future of energy,” Transformer Days Americas

This virtual event hosted by Hitachi Energy and Transformers Magazine featured industry experts sharing trends and information in the world of transformers – including sustainability and co-creation. CEO Jereme Kent was asked to participate in a panel with other leaders in the field – to discuss co-creation and our energy future.

“If you aren’t willing to have two-way candor, there’s no co-creation,” Jereme said, on the topic of making information available and being honest. “True co-creation is what allows for innovation.”

For more, register for free and watch the recording here.

October 25, 2021 – Wind Study | Question 26

When we talk about building wind projects at One Energy, it’s not theoretical. We’re “in the trenches” so to speak – doing all the work ourselves when planning, constructing, and operating Wind for Industry projects for our customers!

Fortunately, however, we’re able to use machinery when it comes to actually digging trenches for our turbine cabling. This way, our technicians don’t have to be physically in the trenches, and it can remain a figure of speech 👌

Today’s homework questions are all about trenching, the equipment we use (like a skid steer, pictured below), and the dirt we save for backfill!

Download the assignment here, check for the answers on Monday, and be sure to share this educational series on Facebook and Twitter!

Use this trench diagram to help answer question 2 in today’s Wind Study!

October 20, 2021 – Wind Views | Flying a Rotor

Have you ever wondered how we complete construction at the top of our wind turbines?

If you tuned in for last week’s edition of Wind Views, you probably know the answer… a giant crane!

Our turbine blades are attached to the hub on the ground, then the combination of hub and blades (collectively called the rotor) is lifted to the top of the wind turbine tower using a crane. This process is called “flying the rotor,” and is pictured below!

The hub height for our wind turbines is around 260 feet, and the crane in this picture is almost 300 feet tall!

October 18, 2021 – Wind Study | Answer 25

You may not be able to see a microwave, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there! (those who completed last week’s Wind Study will get it) 📡

You can check the answers to last week’s questions on microwave paths by downloading them here! 

We hope to see you next Monday and be sure to share this educational series on Facebook and Twitter!

October 13, 2021 – Wind Views | Crane Disassembly

One Energy’s Wind for Industry projects require cranes to lift the turbine components into place. When fully assembled, these cranes are almost 300 feet tall! So what do we do with such a big piece of equipment when it’s not in use?

Cranes can be disassembled into much smaller sections and stored at our headquarters, like the yellow crane pictured in today’s Wind View. Disassembling the crane allows it to be easily stored and await transportation to a project site whenever it is needed. When that time comes, the smaller crane (featured in this photo on the right) will be used to lift the sections onto trucks, so the crane can be transported to the necessary site.

Having the crane disassembled and ready for transport allows One Energy to quickly begin construction on projects, which will produce energy for our customers!

October 11, 2021 – Wind Study | Question 25

Today’s Wind Study is about microwaves! No, not the appliance used to heat up your food.

A microwave is an electromagnetic wave with frequencies ranging from 300 megahertz to 300 gigahertz. These microwaves can be used to transmit information from one place to another by sending a signal from a transmitter to a receiver – with the ability to transmit information more than 30 miles away!

This technology is very useful for transmitting information; however, it requires a path free of obstructions to successfully transmit data. Obstructions are typically avoided by placing the transmitter and receiver on towers. While this avoids low obstacles like trees and houses, taller structures such as buildings, cell towers, or wind turbines could cause an obstruction.

To avoid interference, anyone who builds tall structures should conduct a microwave path study before the structures are built. This is part of our project planning process at One Energy – and part of this week’s Wind Study assignment!

Download the homework questions here – and come back next week for the answers!

And be sure to share this educational series on Facebook and Twitter!

This is a diagram of a Fresnel Zone that is centered on a microwave path. It forms an ellipsoid that is thinnest at the transmitter
and receiver and widest in the middle. You’ll use this diagram in this week’s Wind Study!

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