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Two wind turbines self-destruct in one week .23927 2009-11-03T15:42:50Z 2009-11-03T15:42:50Z Wind turbine blades rip loose near Esbjerg and southwestern Sweden, one landing on a hiking path A malfunction on a Vestas wind turbine in the town of Falkenberg on Sweden's southwest coast could have resulted in tragedy, as one of the structure's large blades flew off and landed on a track used by hikers. BP solar panel blaze raises concerns .21807 2009-06-28T23:59:55Z 2009-06-28T23:59:55Z Fresh concerns have emerged over the future of BP's alternative energy business after a fire broke out at one of the company's largest solar power installations in Germany. The incident on June 21 destroyed nearly 200 sq m of one of the world's largest roof-mounted solar panel arrays on a warehouse complex in Bürstadt, near Mannheim. Windmill manufacturer recalls blades; 10 U.S. installations affected .21106 2009-05-07T03:35:58Z 2009-05-07T03:35:58Z Officials at ReDriven Power Inc. are confident of their young company's continued success, but concede they've recently issued a recall on the blades of 10 turbines installed in the U.S. ..."We did have a blade problem," said president and CEO Joseph Ianni, when The AgriNews paid a visit to the firm's headquarters inside a former textile mill recently. Spinning to destruction .17801 2008-09-04T03:15:24Z 2008-09-04T03:15:24Z Wind power may be one of the cleaner, greener energy sources available, but turbine and blade failures point to dangers that were not anticipated, says Michael Connellan Suzlon to replace defective equipment worth $25 million .14456 2008-03-03T06:47:01Z 2008-03-03T06:47:01Z In what implies a Rs.1 billion ($25 million) hit on its balance sheet for the current quarter, leading wind power equipment-maker Suzlon Energy will refit wind turbine blades for a project in the US, the company said Monday. “The company will do a retrofit programme to resolve blade-cracking issues discovered during the operations of some of its S88 turbines in the US,” the company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange Monday. Accident: A failure in a wind turbine caused a forest fire in Muros .5795 2006-10-17T11:53:54Z 2006-10-17T11:53:54Z A failure in one of the wind turbines owned by the Iberdrola company in the Pedregal Mountains, Esteiro (Muros), resulted in a forest fire that razed a hectare of the mountain. Eighty hectares burn with mount low and pine in a fire between PĂ©trola and Blond Corral .4479 2006-08-17T16:05:37Z 2006-08-17T16:05:37Z The mount albaceteño returned to give a new scare yesterday. A aerogenerador of the Aeolian park of the Anorias in Pétrola began to burn on the four with afternoon and caused a forest fire in the place known like the Cord. Editor's Note: This translation is not great but this fire in Albacete, Spain was caused by a wind turbine. Apparently this is the second incident. Turbine Accidents: Update from Caithness Wind Farms Information Forum .1318 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z A compilation as of November 1, 2006 of turbine accidents in the USA and abroad by accident type, date, site, state/country and turbine model. Guidelines on the Environmental Risk of Wind Turbines in the Netherlands .209 2004-02-01T05:00:00Z 2004-02-01T05:00:00Z In the beginning of the nineties, ECN and consultants in the Netherlands were approached by local authorities and developers of wind farms with the question: “Is it safe to erect a wind turbine at this location?” Assessment of Safety Risks Arising from Wind Turbine Icing .148 1998-04-02T12:23:21Z 1998-04-02T12:23:21Z "Developers and owners of wind turbines have a duty to ensure the safety of the general public and their own staff. However, there are currently no guidelines for dealing with potential dangers arising from ice thrown off wind turbines. This puts developers, owners, planning authorities and insurers in a difficult position. To rectify this situation, the work presented here has commenced in order to produce an authoritative set of guidelines. Initial work has resulted in the development of a risk assessment methodology which has been used to demonstrate that the risk of being struck by ice thrown from a turbine is diminishingly small at distances greater than approximately 250 m from the turbine in a climate where moderate icing occurs." Wind Turbine Problems .11534 2007-08-25T15:20:08Z 2007-08-25T15:20:08Z The wind energy industry has been growing at nearly 30 percent per year for the last decade. The heavy push for more green energy has created a gold rush of sorts...which means buyer beware ... Burning turbine .17958 2008-09-13T18:35:51Z 2008-09-13T18:35:51Z News report of a wind turbine at the Aeolian Park wind energy facility in Spain destroyed by fire. According to Iberdrola, the exact cause of the fire has not been determined, but is believed to be due to mechanical failure. Firemen, police and company personnel were on the scene. A 120 meter buffer around the turbine was established to ensure the safety of people and property near the fire. The fire did not impact the operation of the Aeolian Park in spite of the spectacular visible cloud column rising from the turbine. Duration: 0 minutes 55 seconds News report of a wind turbine at the Aeolian Park wind energy facility in Spain destroyed by fire. According to Iberdrola, the exact cause of the fire has not been determined, but is believed to be due to mechanical failure. Firemen, police and company personnel were on the scene. A 120 meter buffer around the turbine was established to ensure the safety of people and property near the fire. The fire did not impact the operation of the Aeolian Park in spite of the spectacular visible cloud column rising from the turbine.

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]]> Windmill disaster .19063 2008-08-29T17:54:07Z 2008-08-29T17:54:07Z A must see video clip documenting a Vestas turbine failure operating in Denmark. Formerly unreported is the degree to which turbine debris from the failed unit spread great distances from the site. Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds A must see video clip documenting a Vestas turbine failure operating in Denmark. Formerly unreported is the degree to which turbine debris from the failed unit spread great distances from the site.

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]]> Turbine on fire .16908 2008-07-18T04:08:34Z 2008-07-18T04:08:34Z Turbine burns in Portugal. Duration: 4 minutes 32 seconds Turbine burns in Portugal.

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