First turbine erected at wind farm

By Tanya Murphy, Merredin Wheatbelt Mercury
Updated March 10 2016 - 1:36pm, first published November 30 2010 - 2:38pm
Fearless: A construction worker can be seen atop the turbine, helping move the blades into place.
Fearless: A construction worker can be seen atop the turbine, helping move the blades into place.

SWAYING in the breeze 80 metres above the ground, Collgar Wind Farm technicians expertly guided the 44-metre long wind turbine blades into place and bolted them onto the tower.

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