Port of Pasco serves as transfer hub for 100-foot wind turbine blades headed to regional wind farms
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Wendy Culverwell
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Summary
Wind turbine blades are being unloaded from trains at the Port of Pasco in Washington state, serving as a temporary transfer point. The 100-foot blades arrive by rail and are later loaded onto trucks for escorted transport to regional wind farms. The operation highlights the logistical challenges of moving oversized renewable energy components through industrial areas.
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· 3 pulledA train loaded with wind turbine blades quietly pulled up to a little-used stretch of railroad at Big Pasco Industrial Center.
One by one, workers rigged straps around the blades, lifted them off the trains near Oregon Avenue and lowered them onto racks.
The Port of Pasco is serving as a temporary way station as unwieldy wind turbine blades move from manufacturer to a windfarm where they'll be mounted on poles and turn gusts into electricity.
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