More turbine mayhem, this time it's Siemens turbines - less than 4 years old - collapsing on Maui - an island in the Hawaiian archipelago. Parts fall off wind turbine The Maui News Lee Imada 4 October 2016 The blades, hub and nacelle of one of eight Auwahi Wind turbines in the Kanaio area separated from … Continue reading Mortal Danger: Wind Turbines Throw Blades, Disintegrate & Collapse with Alarming Regularity
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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 Industry Claims Another Ag-Pilot: Minnesota Crop-Duster Killed in Action
Is there anything to say in favour of these things? Not only insanely expensive and utterly pointless at every level, they pose a mortal danger to both man and beast. In the 20 years or so since they’ve spun into heavily subsidised ‘action’, the wind industry’s has managed to clock up a fairly sizeable death … Continue reading Wind Industry Claims Another Ag-Pilot: Minnesota Crop-Duster Killed in Action
Fry-day Funnies: Wind Turbines ‘Explode’ onto the World Energy Stage
Only the Germans could come up with a single word to capture the churlish sentiment of feeling a sense of malicious glee at another’s downfall. It’s a sentiment pouring from this recent Tweet from STT Champion, James Delingpole. https://twitter.com/JamesDelingpole/status/761596079079100416 Which led us to these glee-giving videos. While their capacity for self-immolation is well-known; as with … Continue reading Fry-day Funnies: Wind Turbines ‘Explode’ onto the World Energy Stage
Wind Power Investors Fleeced: Teenage Turbines Falling Apart in Donegal
**** Wind power outfits still make wild claims about these things running on the smell of an oily rag and lasting for 25 years or more, needing little more than a hug from time to time. However, the operations and maintenance cost of these things is around $25 per MWh - hardly the zero marginal … Continue reading Wind Power Investors Fleeced: Teenage Turbines Falling Apart in Donegal
Texan Pyrotechnic Turbine Terror: Wind Power Setting the World on Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0lc8YpXe8 **** Utterly pointless, on every level; and insanely dangerous to man and beast, one of the more exciting features of these things is their ability to spontaneously combust. Above is a video, and below is the story and pics, of a recent piece of 'green' energy pyrotechnics on the Prairie. Watch it burn: Multiple … Continue reading Texan Pyrotechnic Turbine Terror: Wind Power Setting the World on Fire
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
‘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
Wind Industry Claims Flying Blades & Crashing Turbines a ‘Landmark & Tourist Attraction’
**** 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 Industry Claims Flying Blades & Crashing Turbines a ‘Landmark & Tourist Attraction’
Wind Turbine Terror: Spanish Home Hit by Flying Blade – Just 1 of 3,800 Blade ‘Fails’ Every Year
**** 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: Spanish Home Hit by Flying Blade – Just 1 of 3,800 Blade ‘Fails’ Every Year
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