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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.


January 19, 2024 • Sweden, Print storyE-mail story

Swedish wind farm PPA terminated

The owners of the 71 MW Aldermyrberget wind farm in Sweden have terminated a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with mining group Boliden due to economic issues. “The deal has been terminated since mid-January,” Boliden spokesman Klas Nilsson told Montel. He said the group had previously rejected a plea from the wind farm to amend the PPA. The companies will enter arbitration to decide how much compensation Boliden is entitled to after the wind farm failed to live up to its . . . Complete story »


January 16, 2024 • Colorado, Print storyE-mail story

Turbine at Colorado wind farm collapses, burns

A wind turbine at a northern Colorado wind farm folded in half and caught fire Thursday morning, startling neighbors who heard banging noises prior to the collapse. [Click here for photos.] The incident was reported at 8 a.m. No injuries were reported. Oil and grease from the generator caught fire after the tower’s collapse. Personnel from the Peetz and Crook all-volunteer fire departments responded. Employees from Invenergy – a Chicago-based company which first owned the wind turbine field and now . . . Complete story »


January 14, 2024 • Alberta, Print storyE-mail story

Most of Alberta’s wind fleet shut down by cold Thursday night

UPDATE: By 7:28 a.m., wind output fell to less than 1 per cent of capacity. One of the first lessons any new engineering student learns in their materials class is “cold brittle behaviour” of materials. When it gets really cold, like −30 C or colder, many materials lose much of their strength and are prone to shattering. This applies to wind turbines as much as it applies to car bumpers. And as a result, most wind turbines are shut down . . . Complete story »


January 12, 2024 • Scotland, Print storyE-mail story

World’s first floating wind farm Hywind Scotland faces shutdown for ‘heavy maintenance’

Norwegian energy giant Equinor will temporarily remove all five floating wind turbines from the pioneering Hywind Scotland array later this year after discovering a need for “heavy maintenance” on the Siemens Gamesa machines deployed there, Recharge has learned. The 6MW turbines will be towed back to Wergeland on the west coast of Norway as part of a maintenance programme that is likely to take around four months and will disrupt power output from the project operating 24km off Peterhead since . . . Complete story »


January 12, 2024 • Colorado, , Print storyE-mail story

Wind turbine near Peetz collapses, catches fire

A second NextEra Energy wind turbine has collapsed in Logan County, this one near Peetz in an older wind farm. Firefighters from Peetz and Crook were called to the site near Peetz between 8 and 9 a.m. Thursday after one of the turbines apparently collapsed and caught fire. Logan County, Emergency Manager Jerry Casebolt told the Journal-Advocate word he heard at the scene was that the tower collapsed first and then caught fire. Casebolt said he believed NextEra personnel had . . . Complete story »


January 11, 2024 • Missouri, , Print storyE-mail story

Wind turbine collapse in southwest Missouri

Liberty Utilities is looking into a wind turbine collapse at one of its wind farms in southwest Missouri. According to Communications Director Kelli Price, it happened at Liberty’s North Fork Ridge Wind Farm off Highway 43 in Barton County. Price says the site has been secured for safety. She confirmed there was no one near the site at the time of the incident. No injuries were reported. “We are assessing the situation and will provide additional details as they become . . . Complete story »


January 10, 2024 • England, Print storyE-mail story

Part of damaged blade missing at Humber Gateway offshore windpower facility

A part of a blade from one of the wind turbines at the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in the UK has broken off after the wind turbine blade sustained damage. According to information in a Notice to Mariners from Humber Gateway OWF Control Room, the part of the damaged blade, approximately 20 metres long, has fallen into the sea and is likely adrift or submerged. The Notice was issued on 8 January, with the part that detached reported as . . . Complete story »


January 9, 2024 • Ukraine, Print storyE-mail story

Extreme winter wind topples wind turbine in snowy Odesa Oblast

A nasty weather storm slammed much of Ukraine, with strong winds playing havoc in several oblasts. Odesa Oblast faced some of the most extreme conditions, with a strong gust of wind toppling a wind turbine in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry reported. Due to gusts of wind, frost, and freezing rain, energy networks in several oblasts have seen significant icing. The temperature in the country ranges from −5 to −20 °C (−4 – 23 °F). Southern Ukraine has seen slightly warmer . . . Complete story »


January 9, 2024 • Ukraine, Print storyE-mail story

Wind turbines destroyed in Ukraine by drone and gusting wind

Elementum Energy, a UK-based international investor in Ukraine’s renewable energy sector, reported damage to a wind turbine located at its wind farm in the south in a recent drone attack. “Fortunately, there were no injuries among the personnel. The National Police opened a criminal investigation into this fact. After the attack, a partial shutdown of the wind farm was initiated,” says the company’s press release provided to Energoreform by the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA), of which the company is . . . Complete story »


January 7, 2024 • Scotland, Print storyE-mail story

Safety fears after two Scots wind turbines broke apart during Storm Gerrit

An energy firm is being asked to investigate the safety of all its wind turbines after two broke apart during a storm. The Sunday Mail told last week how one in Ayrshire spun out of control during Storm Gerrit, causing the 34-metre blades to fly through the air. But around the same time, a turbine in Fife, also owned by Surrey-based Constantine Wind Energy, was destroyed in bad weather. Colin Morrison, from Crail, who spotted the debris on farmland close . . . Complete story »


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