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One Energy is proud to partner with Ohio Energy Project for their third annual virtual field trip at our North Findlay Wind Campus on September 30, at 1 PM.

Learn how energy is harnessed and transformed into electricity while exploring turbine blade design. You’ll also hear from One Energy employees about career opportunities in Ohio’s rapidly growing wind industry. OEP’s Virtual Field Trips take teachers and students to energy sites, degree programs, and much more via Zoom, connecting learners with real-world professionals. Here’s a behind-the-scenes photo of last year’s virtual field trip. You can see that our tour is given LIVE, which means students receive real-time answers to all their brilliant questions. This year’s tour is just around the corner, so don’t forget to register here.

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In this Safety Minute, Head of Construction Chelsea Bumb walks us through a recent example of continuous improvement involving our collection line trenching process.

Chelsea and her team started by identifying issues with the old trenching system. Collection line trenching was physically strenuous work, so they returned to the drawing board to simplify their process. The newly designed prototype eliminates a lot of labor-intensive work, replacing it with more predictable engineering methods that increase safety and efficiency. Our construction team continues brainstorming new improvements, working to make the system better.

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For this week’s Wind View, we are excited to kick off our fall recruiting tour with the University of Michigan College of Engineering’s Fall Engineering Career Fair! On Monday, One Energy joined over 350 companies to chat with students about their interests in industrial energy and their futures in a STEM career. Keep an eye out as our recruiting team could be coming to a school near you. And of course, Go Blue!

Be prepared to be pulled into our next episode on simple machines!

Today’s Science Short is all about pulleys, as Patrick shows us how pulleys can be designed to reduce loads, change the direction of force, and simplify all kinds of work. Watch to get tips on how to design your own pulley system, using mechanical advantage to move larger loads with less force.

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The physical construction of One Energy’s Wind for Industry® and ManagedHV™ projects begins within our laydown yard at the North Findlay Wind Campus. This area houses components purchased in advance to build different industrial power projects, from the nacelles and wind turbine blades for Wind for Industry to the high voltage cables and transformers for ManagedHV™.

Why do we stock all these components? For one, logistics can be time-consuming, and stocking components allows One Energy to cut down on long lead times. Additionally, there are economies of scale associated with larger orders. As a result, One Energy purchases and stores equipment in advance. This strategy both reduces costs and helps ensure projects are completed on time.

How do you successfully disrupt the 100-year-old energy industry? With a championship team of course! And, this week’s Wind View showcases some of these brilliant innovators in action.  

One Energy is a Utility 2.0 company that is building the customer-centric power grid of the future. In order to do this the right way, we are vertically integrated. This means we have all the experts (from design and engineering to procurement, construction, operations, and finance) under one roof. This allows us to control the safety and reduce the costs of our industrial power projects as we continue the energy transition. From hard at work to just having fun, One Energy’s team is number one.

Have you ever wondered what a transformer does? Transformers are used to change voltages for different uses. For example, utilities use standard voltages to move electricity from point to point (4.16 kV, 12.47 kV, 34.5 kV, 69 kV, etc.). Often, we need a different voltage to operate tools and equipment than utilities may provide (120V, 240V, 480V, etc.). Transformers are designed to increase or decrease voltage based on a specified ratio.

So, what do you do when you install a transformer to check to make sure the ratio is correct? In today’s Technician Talk, Justin explains how we test the transformers to prove they are utilizing the correct step-up ratio.  

Each of our turbines has a transformer that steps up the power to our customer’s grid voltage – meaning it transforms turbine power at 600V to grid power at 12470V. In order to make sure our transformers run smoothly, One Energy technicians use a Digital Transformer Ratiometer (DTR) to test the turns ratio of potential power and current transformers. The turn ratio dictates the operation of the transformer and the corresponding voltage available.

Watch as Justin shows you how to use the nameplate to hook up the leads and confirm ratio accuracy. Remember the first step to testing is always to de-energize!

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