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Wind Power News: Accidents
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These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch in its noncommercial educational effort to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch. They are the products of and owned by the organizations or individuals noted and are shared here according to “fair use” and “fair dealing” provisions of copyright law.
Golden Plains wind farm: Bits of turbine blades go flying
Turbines on Victoria’s largest wind farm development are falling to bits, with pieces of serrated edging falling off its blades and flying across neighbouring farm paddocks and roads. Russell Coad, whose Barunah farm abutts the massive Golden Plains wind farm project, said he and his son had found dozens of pieces of turbine edging blown onto their property. “I found some 750m from the turbine,” Mr Coad said. “There were even pieces next to the (Barunah) CFA station, which has . . . Complete story »
Aircraft collides with wind turbine, one dead, other severely injured
Near Nettersheim, Kreis Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, a propeller-driven plane hit a wind turbine during takeoff from Würselen-Aachen Airport, resulting in a crash in the municipality of Nettersheim. This unfortunate incident led to a fatality at the scene and left another passenger severely wounded. The spokesperson for the Euskirchen district police confirmed these details, mentioning that the incident occurred in the afternoon. The aircraft was en route to Speyer in Rhineland-Palatinate when the fog got heavy, causing it to collide with . . . Complete story »
Wind farm worker dies after CO₂ leak–induced coma
A 19-year-old worker died Monday night after having been in a coma following a carbon dioxide leak on Aug. 20 that occurred at an onshore construction site for an offshore wind farm in Changhua County. The deceased, surnamed Chien (簡), was one of three individuals who suffered cardiac arrest at the Lungong North 8th Road site in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park during the incident. Chien had no heartbeat when he was found but was resuscitated after being rushed to . . . Complete story »
Wind turbine collapses in Schuyler County Sunday morning
A northeast Missouri wind turbine collapsed Sunday morning. It happened off of State Highway O in Schuyler County, about three miles east of Queen City, near the Ameren Missouri High Prairie substation. The call came into the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office just after 7:30 a.m. The reporting party said they heard a loud boom just before making the call to authorities. There are no reports of any injuries and no other details at this time as to what caused the . . . Complete story »
Windrad in Flammen: Feuerwehr lässt Kuppel kontrolliert abbrennen
[A wind turbine caught fire in Reher in the Steinburg district on Tuesday afternoon. Two technicians were thought to be in it at the time, but it was later determined that they had already left.] In Reher im Kreis Steinburg hat am Dienstagmittag ein Windrad gebrannt. Da das Feuer zu hoch gelegen war, konnte die Feuerwehr den Bereich nur absichern. Ursache und Schadenshöhe sind noch unklar. Am Dienstagmittag um 12 Uhr ist in Reher (Kreis Steinburg) ein Feuer in der . . . Complete story »
GE Vernova sees another blade failure at UK offshore wind farm
A turbine blade failed at an offshore wind farm near England’s northeast coast, the latest in a string of similar accidents that has damaged public acceptance of the struggling industry. The failure occurred Thursday morning on an installed GE Vernova Inc. turbine at the Dogger Bank wind farm, according to a notice on the project website that gave no further details of the damage. No one was injured in the incident, and the cause is under investigation. A GE Vernova . . . Complete story »
Carbon dioxide leak affects 17 Hai Long offshore project workers
Northland Power has confirmed that an incident occurred at the Hai Long Changhua onshore substation, part of its offshore wind project in Taiwan, in which a leak of carbon dioxide from the fire suppression system affected 17 on-site workers. The company says the incident has been contained and all work at the onshore substation is suspended until further notice while investigations are ongoing. “The safety and well-being of our employees and partners remain our top priority,” said John Brace, executive . . . Complete story »
On the lookout for Nantucket wind farm fragments
Debris from a 115,000-pound, 300-foot-tall GE Vernova wind turbine blade, which fell from the Vineyard Wind farm off Nantucket in mid-July while it was being tested, may end up at southern-facing beaches in Montauk during the coming days, East Hampton Town officials warned Wednesday. [Bonnie Brady posted on X on August 18 that she had found 6 pounds of debris in Montauk.] The pieces of the blade, made of fiberglass and foam, are assumed to be small or even “popcorn . . . Complete story »
Tempers flare in Newport. Turbine debris found on Long Island. Vineyard Wind’s Suspension Order.
As we follow the developments of the Vineyard Wind offshore turbine blade accident, we note the more and more frequent postings and photos of blade debris, not less, as time passes, being found on shores of Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, the Cape, Portsmouth RI, Tiverton, Little Compton, and now off Montauk Long Island. Tempers are at a breaking point, as seen at a recent Newport City Hall meeting – the Newport Police are now trying to find the man in this . . . Complete story »
Wind turbine fire in Mechanicsville could cost farmer millions
The damage left behind is the responsibility of the land owner. A farm in Mechanicsville must clean up its third wind turbine fire in less than a year and a half. Lightning strikes caused all three. Now the farm’s owners are trying to figure out what’s next. A Cedar County ordinance requires wind turbines that aren’t producing energy must be taken down within the year. While the turbine’s owners have to take care of that, the damage left behind is . . . Complete story »
