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Turbine safety concerns.362542012-10-09T19:44:35Z2012-10-09T19:44:35ZThe city's motion alleges that representatives of Champaign Wind have failed to contact either CareFlight, a medical helicopter operator, or Grimes Field Airport when determining locations for the turbines, and instead relied solely on a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration that declared that the proposed turbine sites would present "no hazard." Tests delay operations of Clay's tall turbine; Safety issues remain over switch device.362012012-10-02T12:14:25Z2012-10-02T12:14:25ZOregon City Schools officials had hoped Clay High School's 283-foot-tall wind turbine would have been operating by now ...The turbine, installed to cut the school's electricity costs, began operating on April 29, but Toledo Edison shut it down after a month, after citing safety concerns with a switching gear.Safety issue idles wind turbine at Clay .355842012-07-20T12:44:52Z2012-07-20T12:44:52ZToledo Edison shut down a 900 kilowatt wind turbine installed at Clay High School in May because it is missing a trip switch that would prevent backfeeding of electrical energy to and from Edison's substation. The Direct Transfer Trip switch costs $200,000 ...Edison denied a request from the district for a temporary operating permit to run the turbine until the matter could be resolved. "We can't run that risk."Broken turbine blade problem found.351242012-06-02T14:05:07Z2012-06-02T14:05:07Z"Vestas has concluded that the root cause of the failure of the initial blade was due to a wrinkle in the carbon fiber of the spar (the support structure of the blade)," the report reads. "This wrinkle caused damage to propagate to the point of failure after the blade experienced high loads for a low number of cycles."Crews work to repair damaged wind turbine.351212012-06-01T01:14:28Z2012-06-01T01:14:28ZSince April 24th, all 55 of the wind turbines on the wind farm have sat quietly in the fields, blades stopped, as crews try to determine exactly what damaged two blades off a turbine, sending debris raining down on the field below.
The wind farm is owned by EDP Renewables.
No answers yet on damaged turbine blades.349062012-05-05T15:31:57Z2012-05-05T15:31:57ZFor now, the Timber Road II Wind Farm in Paulding County is silent except for investigators trying to determine exactly why two blades from a single turbine were damaged on a windy afternoon April 24. So far, the high winds do not appear to have caused the damage. Damaged wind turbine still under investigation.348442012-04-26T11:57:31Z2012-04-26T11:57:31ZHuge chunks of debris from a wind turbine are scattered across a field near Payne, Ohio. So far no one including its owner knows what happened. People passing by have been trying to figure out the cause.
Massive wind turbine damaged.348182012-04-25T13:13:48Z2012-04-25T13:13:48ZAccording to a spokesman with EDP Renewables, the turbine, which is located near Payne, had two of its blades sheared early Tuesday afternoon.
Representatives from EDP Renewables have closed the site.Damaged turbine suspends wind energy production.348212012-04-25T00:46:32Z2012-04-25T00:46:32ZAround 12:45 Tuesday afternoon, two blades on a turbine were damaged so severely that debris was sent raining down on the field below. ...The owners, EDP Renewables, say while the investigation into what damaged the blades is ongoing, at this point it doesn't appear that strong winds were a factor.
Safety a breeze for wind turbine .333482011-10-18T23:17:56Z2011-10-18T23:17:56ZThe wind turbine struck by lightning this past summer sustained considerable damage but poses no safety threat to people, according to a message from the company that built the generator.
Blade gets splintered during ferocious storm .328682011-08-27T15:06:53Z2011-08-27T15:06:53ZLightning struck the turbine shortly after midnight, pelting trucks parked below the machine with debris, according to various reports. Wastewater plant personnel successfully shut down the turbine a few hours later, safety personnel said. ...The 400-kilowatt turbine is the second of two erected by NexGen, which became operational in early 2010.Authorities still investigating arson at wind turbine site.324782011-07-16T03:04:45Z2011-07-16T03:04:45ZThe investigation into the destruction of a crane at the site of a wind turbine in northern Van Wert County is continuing. The half-million dollar piece of equipment was destroyed by fire during the early morning hours of July 3, and three gas-powered flood lights were smashed by vandalsBellevue teen killed by fall from wind turbine.321882011-06-15T03:50:57Z2011-06-15T03:50:57ZA Bellevue teen died after an apparent fall from a wind turbine, family and friends say, but police have yet to confirm what happened.
Bellevue police officials said only that they are investigating the death of Ernesto "Ernie" Garcia, 17, who died early Monday at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo.Semi carrying wind turbine blade gets stuck in downtown Shelby.320852011-06-01T18:56:30Z2011-06-01T18:56:30ZTraffic downtown was disrupted Tuesday evening after a truck in a convoy carrying blades for a wind turbine got hung up on the hill in the center of town.
"We basically had Main Street closed for almost six hours," Police Chief Charles Roub said.
Blade comes off wind turbine at Perkins High School.301792010-12-01T12:23:40Z2010-12-01T12:23:40ZThis was the second time in two years the school district had a wind turbine fail due to a problem with blades. The turbine that failed this week was not the one that had earlier problems, officials said.
"At this point we're going to take a step back, find out what happened and make decisions from there," Perkins school Superintendent Jim Gunner said.
Perkins wind turbine drops blade.301522010-11-29T04:30:31Z2010-11-29T04:30:31ZFor the second time in two years, Perkins Schools officials shut down the wind turbines on school property after a mechanical failure.Aviation consultant questioned in turbine case .240362009-11-11T06:25:59Z2009-11-11T06:25:59ZAttorneys closely questioned an aviation consultant Tuesday, Nov. 10, in a hearing on a proposed wind turbine project in Champaign County.
Thaddeus Brys, a consultant for Aviation Systems Inc., testified before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in a hearing on the Buckeye Wind Project, which would build about 70 turbines throughout Champaign County.
Gil Weithman, law director for Urbana, questioned Brys on news that the Federal Aviation Administration recently reduced the number of turbines it considered a presumed hazard.
