Sunday, March 23, 2008

Lightning damage: Netherlands, July, 2006

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Not surprisingly, tall wind turbines are prone to lightning strikes. Here's the result of one such strike on the blade of a turbine in T...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

Fire: January 2007

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Unidentified location. Two blades of the turbine on fire, as well as the central motor area. Blades still turning, producing a nice swirling...
Friday, March 21, 2008

Fire: Palm Springs, California, June 2007

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A wind turbine stationary and on fire:
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Collapse: Scotland, November 2007

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From The Herald, 12th November 2007 : Engineers were working over the weekend to investigate the collapse of a wind turbine which led to thr...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Collapse: Oregon, August 2007

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A giant wind turbine tower collapsed in Eastern Oregon, causing a worker to fall to his death and another man to be injured. Full article in...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Fire: Sunderland, December 2005

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A major north-east road had to be closed after fire broke out at a £2m windfarm. The fire started in one of the turbines at Nissan's Was...

Fire: Burgos, Spain, July 2007

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Spectacular fire in a wind turbine, which is stationary. Lots of smoke. Unaffected turbines on either side are also stationary:
Monday, March 17, 2008

Explosion: Aarhus, Denmark, February 2008

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Many wind turbines contain a braking mechanism. This stops the turbine from overspinning, the runaway effect of which is: That's a turbi...