Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the 3rd-most populous city in North Carolina, the 68th-most populous city in the United States, and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 269,666, and in 2015 the estimated population was 285,342. Three major interstate highways in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city. In
In 1904, the present plant was built. Construction was preceded by replacing Triphammer Dam slightly west of it original location in 1896. Water is supplied to the plant from Beebe Lake by a five-foot diameter underground penstock, 1700 feet long. The existing intake dates to 1953 and was upgraded in 1981.n 1904, the present plant was built. Construction was preceded by replacing Triphammer Dam slightly west of it original location in 1896. Water is supplied to the plant from Beebe Lake by a five-foot diameter underground penstock, 1700 feet long. The existing intake dates to 1953 and was upgraded in 1981.
The average height of a small wind turbine (of any capacity) is about 80 feet, about twice the height of a neighborhood telephone pole, with a range of 30 to 140 feet. Generator size and tower height are not generally related; a 5-kW turbine could be on a tower anywhere from 30 to 140 feet high.