Moving into the McKinstry Innovation Center in a few months is exciting, but another great reason to be there is the football field-sized workshop just downstairs. We decided there's no reason to wait until May, so we took the turbine straight from the show to the shop.
Hydrovolts COO Chris Leyerle arrives at McKinstry
after the drive from Kennewick with the Hydrovolts Flipwing Turbine
The talented staff at McKinstry got right to work.
A forklift plucks the Hydrovolts Flipwing Turbine from the flatbed truck...
...and takes it inside the workshop at McKinstry
Hydrovolts CEO Burt Hamner inspects progress on the Alpha-1C prototype
with McKinstry Operations Manager Kenny Branson and VP Jack Cheetham
Brian Peithman of Hydrovolts discusses design considerations
with fellow engineers Nicolas Michel-Hart and Dan Lofstrom
The Hydrovolts and McKinstry teams with the Alpha-1C
Flipwing Turbine at the McKinstry shop
The Hydrovolts Alpha-1C Flipwing Turbine will be on display Thursday March 4 at the Innovation Center at McKinstry as part of the Pacific Northwest Region Cleantech Open kickoff and the Zino Green Investment Forum. Come to one or both events and see the future of distributed hydropower!
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