*** The number of cases involving turbines collapsing, self immolating or throwing their blades to the four winds (aka “component liberation”) has become so common that, if we were a tad cynical, we would go so far to suggest the possibility of some kind of pattern, along the lines proffered by Mr Bond’s nemesis, Goldfinger: … Continue reading Wind Farm Mass Attack: Wind Turbines Collapsing & Combusting Around the World
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Wind Farm FAILS: Turbine Blades Disintegrating on Brand New Turbines
Turbine blades that broke were first two to be turned on Huron Daily Tribune Brenda Battel 4 November 2016 BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The two blades that broke on separate wind turbines last month were the first two to be turned on in the startup phase of the Deerfield wind project. The first turbine broke and … Continue reading Wind Farm FAILS: Turbine Blades Disintegrating on Brand New Turbines
What’s Not to Like about Wind Power? – Wind Turbine Pyrotechnics & Fatal Flops
Wind power is, as we're repeatedly told, 'clean', 'green' and 'free'. But, ever keen to rain on the wind industry's parade, here's a couple of pieces that point out one or more inconvenient truths. As with the picture above, of a turbine self-immolating in Texas (see our post here) - the first concerns the habit … Continue reading What’s Not to Like about Wind Power? – Wind Turbine Pyrotechnics & Fatal Flops
Wind Turbine Terror: Collapses & Spontaneous Combustion
**** The number of cases involving collapsing turbines and flying blades (aka “component liberation”) has become so common that, if we were a tad cynical, we would go so far to suggest the possibility of some kind of pattern, along the lines proffered by Mr Bond’s nemesis, Goldfinger: “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three … Continue reading Wind Turbine Terror: Collapses & Spontaneous Combustion
Germany: 60-Tonne Wind Turbine Rotor Crashes To Earth
**** 60-Tonne Wind Turbine Rotor Crashes To Earth NoTricksZone Pierre Gosselin 1 March 2016 The online SVZ here reported yesterday on a wind-turbine construction accident occurring in Southern Germany. Workers of the Hamburg-based Nordex company were operating a large hoisting crane by remote control as it lifted the 60-tonne wind turbine rotor assembly for mounting … Continue reading Germany: 60-Tonne Wind Turbine Rotor Crashes To Earth
‘Wrap-Up’ on Reign of Wind Farm Terror: Blades Buckle and Turbines Tumble in Michigan
Is there anything that can be said for a medieval power source that was abandoned Centuries ago for pretty obvious reasons? Pointless it most certainly is. But, along with that lack of justification on any level, comes a form of danger never seen before at any time in history: 10 tonne blades (with their outer … Continue reading ‘Wrap-Up’ on Reign of Wind Farm Terror: Blades Buckle and Turbines Tumble in Michigan
Happenstance or Enemy Action? Giant Wind Turbines Collapsing with Alarming Regularity
**** The number of cases involving collapsing turbines and flying blades (aka “component liberation”) has become so common that, if we were a tad cynical, we would go so far to suggest the possibility of some kind of pattern, along the lines proffered by Mr Bond’s nemesis, Goldfinger: “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three … Continue reading Happenstance or Enemy Action? Giant Wind Turbines Collapsing with Alarming Regularity
Wind Turbines Totally Suck, When the Wind Really Blows & When It Doesn’t
**** When the wind is “the thing”, that’s supposed to be your business - when it’s what makes the revenue (or, rather a massive pile of taxpayer and power consumer subsidies) flow - it seems a bit rich for wind power outfits to start whining about there being too much or too little. **** But, … Continue reading Wind Turbines Totally Suck, When the Wind Really Blows & When It Doesn’t
Berserk Warriors: it’s the Dane’s Turn to Take Cover as (Yet) Another Turbine Self-Destructs
*** Remember all those stories about wind turbines lasting for 25 years – without so much as the need for an oil-change – and being “safe as houses”? Well, as STT followers well-know those ‘stories’ are unraveling at a rocketing rate – with giant fans collapsing in crumpled heaps; spontaneously combusting; and throwing blades to … Continue reading Berserk Warriors: it’s the Dane’s Turn to Take Cover as (Yet) Another Turbine Self-Destructs
Tumbling Turbine Terror Continues: Another One Bites the Dust – this time it’s Ireland’s Turn
**** No sooner had the ink dried, so to speak, on our post earlier this week about collapsing turbines and flying blades (aka “component liberation”) than yet another tale of tumbling turbine terror and blades bidding for airborne freedom erupted from the (otherwise) pleasant fields of the Emerald Isle. If we were a tad cynical, … Continue reading Tumbling Turbine Terror Continues: Another One Bites the Dust – this time it’s Ireland’s Turn
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