Add property wind turbine concept and update project gallery
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# Version 009 — a wind turbine for the property
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24 September 2026. Marcus asked to add his own wind turbine to the property,
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the associated Git project and the public project page.
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## Design
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Added a conventional three-blade horizontal-axis turbine on a freestanding,
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tapered galvanised mast, with an ivory rotor/nacelle, tail vane, foundation cap
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and indicative lockable isolation cabinet. The illustrative location is
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(-36, 40) m, beyond the northwestern edge of the homestead. The hub is 18 m above local
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concept terrain and the rotor is 6 m in diameter. These are visual study
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dimensions, not a selected product, rated output or engineered design.
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Retain solar and energy storage. Keep the turbine out of the garden court,
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future pavilion footprints, food beds and basketball reserve. Its final
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position, tower height, foundations, access and electrical route must be
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reconsidered against the actual site. No setback or wind clearance is verified.
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## Deliverables and version boundaries
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- Public model: `blender/samford-solarpunk-wind-tour-v009.blend`, derived only
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from the distributable v007 model. Prior binaries remain unchanged.
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- Private model: `/home/marcus/projects-private/samford-valley-home-v009/`
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contains the turbine added to the licensed v008 Blender scene. Never copy
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that binary into public Git or the web root.
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- Matching detailed and lightweight viewport geometry; the original 31 tour
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chapters remain, with turbine chapter 32 added (2 min 40 sec total).
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- Updated concept plan, actual Blender overview render, website and context.
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- The Unreal projects and v007 film retain their previous contents. The turbine
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has not yet been imported into Unreal or added to the film.
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## Before equipment selection
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Measure the wind resource at a representative proposed hub height and assess
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terrain, tree/building turbulence and seasonal variation. Then compare a
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supplier's independently supported power curve and expected annual energy
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against the household load and solar/storage plan. No output or payback is
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assumed in this revision.
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Obtain site-specific advice on council planning/building requirements, tower
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engineering and geotechnical conditions, noise and neighbours, vegetation and
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wildlife, maintenance access and electrical protection. The electrical designer
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must establish compatible turbine control, braking/dump-load arrangements where
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required, battery/inverter integration, isolation and earthing. If grid-connected,
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confirm the combined generation connection requirements with Energex.
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References checked 24 September 2026:
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- [Australian Government Your Home — renewable energy](https://www.yourhome.gov.au/energy/renewable-energy)
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- [Energex — solar connections and other technologies](https://www.energex.com.au/our-services/connections/residential-and-commercial-connections/solar-connections-and-other-technologies)
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The existing lack of survey, property boundary, site wind measurements and
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engineering remains explicit. The pending wall-integrated bed is unchanged.
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