Stage 2 - Removing the old wind turbine

Most wind turbine construction projects start by building foundations. Ours was a little different in that we had bought a site with an existing (non functioning) wind turbine and we were reusing the foundations. The first task was therefore to remove the old wind turbine.

If you're interested in the foundation laying element of wind turbine installation, there is a photo diary of the foundations being dug for our other community turbine, the V17 here.

	Removing parts from the MS4 nacelle
	Old turbine with nose cone removed
	Removal of blade bolts
	Preparing to remove the blades from the old turbine
	Removing the second blade
	Just one more blade to remove
	Final blade being removed
	Final blade being removed
	Last blade being lowered to the ground
	MS4 blades
	Removing the MS4 tower
	Tower removal
	Readying the bottom tower section for removal
	Getting ready to remove the bottom tower section.
	Removing the bottom section of tower
	Removing the bottom section of tower
	The turbine tower finally gets lifted off
	Finally the last bit of tower is removed
	Base of the old turbine tower