ICONIC WIND TURBINE

TO HELP POWER A
CANADIAN MOUNTAIN

The Eye of the Wind

 LOCATION:
VANCOUVER
CITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
• Coast Mountains high above the city • Expected to provide 25% of
of Vancouver and its massive harbour
Grouse’s total annual electricity needs,
or the equivalent power used in 260
that links western Canada with Asia. average Canadian homes.
• The owners of the
all-year-round Grouse Mountain Resorts
decided years before the Olympics in
February to tap into the growing green
energy revolution by erecting a 1.5 MW
turbine complete with a 20 storey high
glass viewing platform capable of
providing
breathtaking 360 degree panoramas.
 CHALLENGES

• Building the foundation was one of the early challenges.

• Transporting the three 37.3 metre long LM Glasfi ber blades from
Denmark to the top of the mountain
• The customised “viewPOD” platform
• 17 trucks were needed just to carry the massive construction
crane used in the Eye of the Wind assembly.