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The Eye of the Wind Turbine

Date Installed: 2010/02

Turbines: 1 x 1.5 MW Leitwind turbine

Total Installed Capacity (MW): 1.5000

Company: Grouse Mountain Resorts Limited

Address: , Grouse Mountain, BC, , Canada

Description: The Eye of the Wind is a large wind turbine – so large that you are able to ascend the 20-storey high tower via an elevator contained within its supporting shaft. You exit into a 36-person viewPOD™ atop the tower, suspended directly below the hub of the massive 125-foot (38-metre) long blades. The viewPOD is encased in glass, including a segment of the floor. The closest corresponding experience would be flying in the clear Plexiglas nose bubble of a jet helicopter – except this bubble is approximately 30 times larger.



     
 
 
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