Altona wind turbine collapse: photos
Only a few months old, this 1.5-MW GE wind turbine in Altona, N.Y., part of a 65-turbine facility owned by Noble Environmental Power, collapsed on Friday, March 6. Photos by Victor Fellion and Wings of Life.
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