Click image to enlarge		First-Up Knudson Wind Turbine Installed March 22, 2011
		March 21, 2011. It was the beginning of a very exciting day as the big crane arrived to install the Halus’ Vestas V17/75 kW wind turbine and its accompanying 60 foot tower. The Vestas machines are rebuilt in California by Halus, a company that rescues operating Vestas turbines that are being upgraded in the field. Highland Communications and its renewable energy crew put the turbine together and set it in the air with the help of a 100 ton crane supplied by Western Crane located in SeaTac, Washington. The turbine is located near Ellensburg at the Knudson Ranch, and will be connected to the power grid.
		- Teresa Campbell
Click image to enlarge		Arrival of Knudson and 3 Bar G turbines March 11, 2011
		March 14,2011: The Community Wind Project in Eastern Washington State has taken delivery of the two Halus Vestas V-20 turbines and towers. The first turbine will be flown on March 21, 2011, by Highland. There has been considerable rain and snow, holding back the installation of these two wind turbines. The systems are significant in that they are the very first community wind projects in the State. Funding has come from private investors and a grant from the Federal Government and Washington State coordinated by Cascade Community Wind in Bellingham.
		- Teresa campbell
Click image to enlarge		Arrival of Knudson and 3 Bar G turbines March 11, 2011
		March 14,2011: The Community Wind Project in Eastern Washington State has taken delivery of the two Halus Vestas V-20 turbines and towers. The first turbine will be flown on March 21, 2011, by Highland. There has been considerable rain and snow, holding back the installation of these two wind turbines. The systems are significant in that they are the very first community wind projects in the State. Funding has come from private investors and a grant from the Federal Government and Washington State coordinated by Cascade Community Wind in Bellingham.
		- Teresa campbell
Click image to enlarge		Community Wind Farm in Washington October 10, 2012
		Washington State will soon have its very first farm-owned community wind turbines in the air. Near the city of Thorpe, Wa., the foundations for two of 100 kW turbines are completed. Highland Energy Systems is working with Bellingham’s Cascade Community Wind to put the turbines in place. Cascade Community Wind is spearheading the project with Federal and State grant funds, as well as investors in the community. Highland Energy is proud to be the contractor for this wind energy project.
		- Teresa Campbell
Click image to enlarge		Alpha HPS Project July 28, 2010
		Highland Energy Systems has been working with Alpha Technologies in Bellingham, WA to build a testing facility for renewable energy. The Alpha HPS Test Facility features a 7.5kW wind turbine mounted on a 100 foot lattice tower and a fully integrated Hybrid Power System (HPS). The HPS skid will house a 1320 Watt solar array, 533Ah 48V battery bank, 5kW AlphaGen and a DC Power Plant housing all power management electronics and controls. Alpha's system will be used as a testing and demonstration site. In the future, an expanded solar capacity will be added along with a solar vehicle charging station.
		- Teresa Campbell/Highland
Click image to enlarge		Snohomish County Administration Building Solar System July 28, 2010
		July, 2010: Highland Energy Systems electrical division, Solis Electric, has installed 96 Silicon Energy Cascade 170 watt Solar PV modules for the Snohomish County Administration West building in Everett, WA. The panels cover nearly 80 per cent of the roof. These panels will supply electricity to the power grid, offsetting the cost of electric car charging stations. The county owns two electric vehicles, and has planned to purchase about a dozen more. The panels are expected to generate roughly 16,000 kilowatt hours annually, reducing grid-supplied electricity at the campus. Among the largest PV systems installed in Snohomish County, WA, the solar project will prevent 21,000 pounds of CO2 annually.
		- Teresa Campbell
Click image to enlarge		Ferndal Highschool Skystream June 15, 2010
		Highland Energy Systems completed a Skystream turbine installation for Ferndale High school in Ferndale, WA. There was a ceremony held to pull the switch which immediately started the turbine spinning in the wind. The honor to pull the switch was given to the representative from Conoco Phillips, who helped fund the project.
		- Highland

PROJECTS

Highland Energy Systems competes in the Renewable Energy (RE) market with diversity because of the skills of its crews. We have a level of competency created by several years in the communications industry as a successful tower construction company under the parent company Highland Communications, Inc. Our crews consist of certified tower climbers and trained technicians capable of combining their skills for the many tasks required to proficiently complete a RE project. Highland can erect towers for meteorological studies and take them down when the study is completed. We can successfully design a system, order the components, assist with local jurisdictions and incentives to complete the assignment.