Raising the wind turbine tower

Today we raised the wind turbine tower - at last.  The tower has been lying down on the ground waiting to be lifted for a LONG time - almost a year - but finally Jorge and friends came to do it today.  It will have to go down again to have the turbine put on the top and the wiring done, but at least putting it up today proved that it can stand up all right.

This was done after the morning work and went on until close to lunch time when it was extremely hot.  I took this picture about midday and am amazed that it came out so well as usually the light is not very good at the time.  I was surprised by how impressive and beautiful it looked.  I hope that  it works as well as it looks.

Unfortunately the finances for this last step are still not clear.  Pierre said it would cost around Rs15,000 for materials but this did not include the digging for the electricity cable.  Today everyone realised that it would need a lightening conductor which will, according to Pierre, 'only cost Rs2000'.