Student Work

This Major Qualifying Project (MQP) presents recommendations for the design and construction of a feasible 7.5 mega Watt (1.5 mW/turbine) wind turbine power generation plant in the town of Florida, MA. This project addresses the following topics and issues: permitting, land acquisition, turbine foundation design and construction, access road design and construction, operations and maintenance building design, substation design, soil analysis and retaining wall design, power output to the national grid, a detailed cost estimate and environmental conservation issues.

Creator

• Rousseau, Joel R.
• Colella, Sean M.
• Quinlivan, Sean Francis
• Burger, Matthew Philip

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-040307-202930

Advisor

• El-Korchi, Tahar

Year

• 2007

Sponsor

• WPI

Date created

• 2007-04-03

Location

• Florida

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved

Relationships

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• Major Qualifying Projects

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