Lightning strike melts Cascade County wind turbine

Credit: by Meteorologist Mike Rawlins | June 21, 2014 | www.krtv.com ~~

GREAT FALLS – Friday’s storms are to blame for damage done to a wind turbine at the Horseshoe Bend Wind Park near the Great Falls airport.

According to several KRTV viewers, lightning struck one of the six wind turbines around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, hitting one of the blades and partially melting it.

According to their website, the Horseshoe Bend Wind Park is owned and operated by United Materials, a local aggregate and highway construction company.

Meteorologist Matt Jones is headed out to gather additional information and we’ll update this story with new information as it becomes available.

Here are some viewer photos:

Source: by Meteorologist Mike Rawlins | June 21, 2014 | www.krtv.com

This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.

The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.

Wind Watch relies entirely
on User Contributions

(via Stripe)

(via Paypal)

Share: