http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/34293 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:58:21 GMT Turbines at Noble Environmental's Bliss wind energy facility in New York were found leaking oil from the nacelle. NY's Department of Environmental Conservation has been called to investigate. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34293 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34248 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:19:10 GMT A GE wind turbine owned and operated by Noble Environmental caught fire in high wind conditions. Firefighters were not equipped to address the fire. The cause of the fire is unknown. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34248 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34238 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:27:08 GMT A fire in one of the 400 foot turbines at a Noble Environmental wind facility in Altona New York. The cause of the fire is not known. High wind condtions were reported. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34238 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34131 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:08:13 GMT On January 16 (2012) a transformer failed at a wind turbine located in Wethersfield NY. The turbine is owned by Noble Environmental. Scorch marks appear far above the vehicles on the ground. State workers are investigating the fire and overseeing the oil spill cleanup caused by the failure. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34131 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24819 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:20:32 GMT The top of the Fenner wind turbine that collapse. The tower with blade assembly stood 320-feet tall. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24819 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24818 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:13:24 GMT A 329-foot wind turbine, base to blade tip, collapsed early Sunday morning, December 27, at the Fenner wind farm in Fenner, New York. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24818 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24811 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:18:22 GMT A wind turbine at the Fenner wind facility in Fenner, New York has collapsed. The turbine is one of twenty towers (30 megawatts in total) operational since 2001-2002. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24811 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21457 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:58:48 GMT The turbine blades at the Fenner wind facility in New York are undergoing repairs. The spot appearing on the blade is a worker suspended as he applies a resin to the blade. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21457 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21207 Tue, 12 May 2009 09:46:55 GMT Turbines at the Steelwinds facility in Lackawanna, New York are undergoing substantial repair -- again. The Steelwinds Project went online in the summer 2007 with eight Clipper 2.5 megawatt turbines. The project was the first to use the Clipper units, touted as the new standard for reliable performance. By late summer 2007, the facility was shut down due to damage in the turbine gear boxes (http://www.windaction.org/news/13133 ) The repairs occurred in early 2008. This photo taken May 12, 2009 shows the facility down again. First Wind, formerly UPC Wind, has provided no information on the root cause of the turbine failure. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21207 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20344 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:01:56 GMT On March 6, 2009 a turbine collapsed at the Altona, NY wind energy facility erected by Noble Environmental. This, and other images, were taken by a resident who flew over the scene. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20344 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20343 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:55:21 GMT On March 6, 2009 a turbine collapsed at the Altona, NY wind energy facility erected by Noble Environmental. This, and other images, were taken by a resident who flew over the scene. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20343 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20314 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:56:02 GMT The Altona wind energy facility which went on line in early 2009 lost a turbine due to collapse. The project consists of 65 GE 1.5 MW turbines. No explanation for the collapse has been released. The turbine caused a fire when the nacelle hit the ground. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20314 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20313 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:46:43 GMT The Altona wind energy facility which went on line in early 2009 lost a turbine due to collapse. The project consists of 65 GE 1.5 MW turbines. No explanation for the collapse has been released. The turbine caused a fire when the nacelle hit the ground. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20313 http://www.windaction.org/articles/12696 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:52:58 GMT Photo of turbine failure at Fenner wind farm http://www.windaction.org/articles/12696 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7709 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:18:14 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/7709 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34345 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:58:46 GMT Noble Environmental Power brought in a basket crane recently to get a closer look at the damage caused to a wind turbine in Altona Wind Park on Jan. 29. "What they were able to see when they were up there was limited," said John Bahouth, Noble's vice president of human resources and communications. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34345 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34245 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:55:31 GMT Flames were consuming the top portion of a wind turbine behind the Rand Hill Dairy Farm, which is across the street from their house. "The fire caught one of the blades and made it look like a Roman candle," Phil said. "There was a snow squall that night, but we could see the flames burning right through it." http://www.windaction.org/articles/34245 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34237 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:25:04 GMT Authorities are investigating what caused a wind turbine to catch fire in Northern New York. ...Two years ago a turbine at the same park came crashing down when the blades spun out-of-control in high winds. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34237 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34221 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:10:50 GMT Megan Gollwitzer, spokesperson for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, said approximately 400 gallons of transformer oil, a mineral oil product, was released into the area immediately surrounding the base of the wind turbine. ...Approximately 45 tons of affected soil from the area where the spill occurred was collected and removed for off-site disposal at a regulated landfill, Gollwitzer said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34221 http://www.windaction.org/articles/30543 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:37:44 GMT The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, begun in 2008 to curb emissions of carbon dioxide through state auctions of pollution permits, is facing a glut of devalued permits caused by a rapid, unexpected drop in carbon dioxide emissions. "Everyone is swimming in RGGI permits." http://www.windaction.org/articles/30543