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October 15, 2024

Trifecta of Wind Turbine Terror: Blades Snap, Flames Crackle Nacelles & Whole Turbines Drop

By John Kraft & Kirk Allen

On July 8, 2017

Safety: Snap, Crackle, and Drop
Master Resource
Lisa Linowes
19 June  2017

Wind turbine safety had an ugly three weeks.

During the late hours of May 31, a turbine blade at NextEra’s Breckinridge Center in Oklahoma (in-service since August 2015), broke off near its base and was thrown to the ground – snap.

‘Snap’ in Oklahoma

Days later on June 5 and 8, two turbines – one at NextEra’s Endeavor I site in Iowa (operational since 2008)and a second at EDF Renewable Energy’s Salt Fork Wind project in Texas (online since Dec 2016) — exploded into flames filling the sky with thick black smoke – crackle.

Watch the video and continue reading the article at this link:  StopTheseThings.com…

 

 

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1 Comment
  • Jannie
    Posted at 17:05h, 11 July

    these things are a waste of money. I just read on my Ameren Bill that there is a renewable energy tax. So tax here, Production Tax Credit given to Wind… there.

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