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Wind turbine spins out of control and flies apart
Credit: The Sheep Game, December 27, 2023, facebook.com ~~
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Storm Gerrit brought winds of up to 85mph on Wednesday. In such conditions, wind turbines feather their blades and brake the rotor. The brakes seem to have failed in a turbine at Newhouse Farm, Auchencloigh, in Ayrshire, which spun out of control until the blades broke and flew off. The dramatic event was captured on video, as posted on Facebook:
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service had received report of a fire before the turbine broke apart.
The wind turbine was commissioned in late 2015 and rated at 86.3kW.
via Scotland Against Spin
A similar event occurred during a storm in 2008 in Denmark. See those videos here on National Wind Watch.
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