Public Viewing Day — July 31, 2002

MEAN, along with the Tennessee Valley Infrastructure Group (TVIG) and Danish wind turbine manufacturer NEG Micon, invited the media and public to observe the placement of one of the 22-ton wind turbines atop the No. 4 tower on July 31, 2002.

A special crawler crane lifted one of the 44,000-pound turbines, with 113-foot, 15,000-pound blades, in place during the day-long event.

Media and the public took photographs and videotape of the turbine placement and received a project media kit. NMPP Energy's Executive Director Richard Duxbury, MEAN Chief Operating Officer Bill Leung and TVIG Project Manager Ben Fischer were on hand to answer questions.