December 29, 2023
Scotland

Wind turbine spins out of control and flies apart

The Sheep Game, December 27, 2023, facebook.com

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.

URL to article:  https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2023/12/29/wind-turbine-spins-out-of-control-and-flies-apart/