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Location DB >
Barbados >
Parish of St. Lucy >
Lamberts >
Lamberts Wind Turbine
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created by ABMain
on 3/11/2006 9:07 PM
last modified by ABMain
on 3/11/2006 10:28 PM
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Moderate sized, abandoned wind turbine on top a small hill. It is completely accessible, with no security measures. The main door is missing and the control equipment inside destroyed. The ladder to the top is in place and in excellent shape, but covered with grease and there is no light while climbing. The larger pieces of equipment like the generator are still in place at the top. There is no apparent animal or bird infestation.
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Type: Wind turbine/generator
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: drop everything - must see
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rust height, greasy ladder, cow patties
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Unique and interesting site. Most of the equipment is in place for wind turbine fans to admire. The view from the top over the island is nice.
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From "Windmills of Barbados": At Lamberts, on the St Lucy/St Peter boundary, a wind turbine remains, in an essentially abandoned state. The tower is showing signs of rust, and the door to the tower has been forced open, and the insides trashed. The turbine blades remain, in a "parked" position. These additional details come from Wind Energy System in the Caribbean - a document which is undated, but would appear to have been scanned from a paper published in 1989. Funding: InterAmerican Development Bank; Government of Barbados Supplier: James Howden and Co Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland Erected: April 1986; synchronized to electricity grid - 6th May 1986 Rated: 250kW in a windspeed of 13.5 m/s Originally fitted with 26m blades, these were removed in Oct 1986, and replaced with 28m blades in Oct 1987 - recommissioning date 23rd October. Problems encountered (many linked to inadequate local maintenance) included: * flashover of the generator * difficulties with the machine control programme * sensor problem * yaw brakes rusting due to salty climate and predominantly unidirectional winds, then grabbing when applied which tripped the shaft vibration sensor Between Nov 1987 and Jan 1989 there were 3 months when no output was produced due to the yaw break problem, but when working, month outputs of 20 - 60 mWh were produced.
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The Government of Barbados reportedly has plans for another pilot test with a half dozen larger wind turbines at the same location. If that happens, then this one will probably be removed.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 3/13/2006 1:47 PM.
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on Mar 13 06 at 6:04, ABMain updated gallery Lamberts Wind Turbine on Mar 13 06 at 6:04, ABMain updated gallery picture B'dos wind turbine 01.jpg on Mar 11 06 at 22:28, ABMain made this location available on Mar 11 06 at 22:28, ABMain changed the following: History on Mar 11 06 at 22:26, ABMain changed the following: History, Year Closed on Mar 11 06 at 22:20, ABMain changed the following: City on Mar 11 06 at 22:19, ABMain changed the following: Interesting Features, Description on Mar 11 06 at 22:10, ABMain updated gallery picture B'dos wind turbine 20.jpg on Mar 11 06 at 22:10, ABMain updated gallery picture B'dos wind turbine 19.jpg on Mar 11 06 at 22:10, ABMain updated gallery picture B'dos wind turbine 18.jpg
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