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Published December 11, 2008, 12:00 AM

Staging a new form of hydropower

A turbine weighing 32 tons is hoisted into place near Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings


It took a combination of three cranes to complete the installation of this 32-ton turbine onto the barge that will become its new home.

  • It took a combination of three cranes to complete the installation of this 32-ton turbine onto the barge that will become its new home.
  • After the turbine was taken off the truck, it was lowered so workers could make sure it was ready lifted into place.
  • A worker makes sure the turbine is ready to be hoisted into place.
  • Mark Stover and Wayne Krouse of Hydro Green Energy, the company that developed the technology, pose in front of the turbine before it's lifted into place.
  • The steel supports mounted to the sides of the turbine had to be guided into the support slots. This was done by a skilled crane operator and with help from people pulling ropes that were attached to the turbine.
  • The turbine is slowly lowered into the support slots with help from a huge crane and a little man power.
  • Once the support beams were safely in the support slots, the crane slowly lowered the turbine into place.
  • Wayne Krouse, founder and CEO of Hydro Green Energy, talks with Mark Stover, vice president of governmental and external affairs, before the turbine is hoisted into place.
  • A wide shot of the staging project for a new form of hydropower that is soon to be installed about 50 feet downstream of Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings.