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/36641 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:17:44 GMT Chicago-based Invenergy LLC reported a blade faulire on a turbine at the company's recently built California Ridge Wind Farm (134 MW) in Vermilion and Champaign counties in Illinois. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36641 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36640 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:08:55 GMT Chicago-based Invenergy LLC reported a blade faulire on a turbine at the company's recently built California Ridge Wind Farm (134 MW) in Vermilion and Champaign counties in Illinois. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36640 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36639 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:05:32 GMT Chicago-based Invenergy LLC reported a blade faulire on a turbine at the company's recently built California Ridge Wind Farm (134 MW) in Vermilion and Champaign counties in Illinois. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36639 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36638 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:57:19 GMT Chicago-based Invenergy LLC reported a blade faulire on a turbine at the company's recently built California Ridge Wind Farm (134 MW) in Vermilion and Champaign counties in Illinois. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36638 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35278 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:37:58 GMT The Settlers Trail Wind Farm, operational since Spring 2012, experienced blade failure. The facility, located near Sheldon in Iroquois County, Illinois, is owned and operated by Germany-based E.On Climate & Renewables. It consists of 94 General Electric 1.6 MW Turbines for a nameplate capacity of 150.4 MW. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35278 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35264 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:38:15 GMT The Settlers Trail Wind Farm, operational since Spring 2012, experienced blade failure. The facility, located near Sheldon in Iroquois County, Illinois, is owned and operated by Germany-based E.On Climate & Renewables. It consists of 94 General Electric 1.6 MW Turbines for a nameplate capacity of 150.4 MW. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35264 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35263 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:37:00 GMT The Settlers Trail Wind Farm, operational since Spring 2012, experienced blade failure. The facility, located near Sheldon in Iroquois County, Illinois, is owned and operated by Germany-based E.On Climate & Renewables. It consists of 94 General Electric 1.6 MW Turbines for a nameplate capacity of 150.4 MW. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35263 http://www.windaction.org/articles/32250 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:19:22 GMT This home in DeKalb County Illinois is surrounded by wind turbines. There are thirteen towers within a mile. The closest two are 1,400 feet away. The image provides a sense of the tower size even at distances greater than one-half mile. http://www.windaction.org/articles/32250 http://www.windaction.org/articles/28682 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:12:20 GMT Two turbines at the 100.5 MW Grand Ridge Energy wind facility in La Salle County, Illinois, about 80 miles southwest of Chicago, experienced blade failures on July 23-24, 2010. A spokeswoman for Invenergy Wind said that, in the event of high winds, the turbines are designed to come to rest with one blade pointing down and parallel to the base of the tower. According to Invenergy, the winds came so quickly that the safety mechanism did not have time to engage. http://www.windaction.org/articles/28682 http://www.windaction.org/articles/28681 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:21:55 GMT Two turbines at the 100.5 MW Grand Ridge Energy wind facility in La Salle County, Illinois, about 80 miles southwest of Chicago, experienced blade failures on July 23-24, 2010. A spokeswoman for Invenergy Wind said that, in the event of high winds, the turbines are designed to come to rest with one blade pointing down and parallel to the base of the tower. According to Invenergy, the winds came so quickly that the safety mechanism did not have time to engage. http://www.windaction.org/articles/28681 http://www.windaction.org/articles/27272 Sun, 09 May 2010 15:36:39 GMT A blade at the Shabbona wind energy facility appears to have exploded into hundreds of pieces in this photo. NextEra, who owns the turbine, called the incident unusual. NextEra erected and operates the 145 industrial turbines spread between DeKalb and Lee Counties in Illinois. Sources in DeKalb County have informed Windaction.org that the incident occurred during a powerful lightning storm. http://www.windaction.org/articles/27272 http://www.windaction.org/articles/27271 Sun, 09 May 2010 15:33:09 GMT A blade at the Shabbona wind energy facility appears to have exploded into hundreds of pieces in this photo. NextEra, who owns the turbine, called the incident unusual. NextEra erected and operates the 145 industrial turbines spread between DeKalb and Lee Counties in Illinois. Sources in DeKalb County have informed Windaction.org that the incident occurred during a powerful lightning storm. http://www.windaction.org/articles/27271 http://www.windaction.org/articles/27270 Sun, 09 May 2010 15:30:20 GMT A blade at the Shabbona wind energy facility appears to have exploded into hundreds of pieces in this photo. NextEra, who owns the turbine, called the incident unusual. NextEra erected and operates the 145 industrial turbines spread between DeKalb and Lee Counties in Illinois. Sources in DeKalb County have informed Windaction.org that the incident occurred during a powerful lightning storm. http://www.windaction.org/articles/27270 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22882 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Massive industrial wind turbines tower over a farm in Illinois. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22882 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20477 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:13:50 GMT Residents in Illinois photographed this recent blade failure at the Grand Ridge wind energy facility in La Salle County, Illinois, 80 miles southwest of Chicago. The Grand Ridge wind project employs 66 GE 1.5-megawatt wind turbines and was commissioned in late 2008. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20477 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20476 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:01:43 GMT Residents in Illinois photographed this recent blade failure at the Grand Ridge wind energy facility in La Salle County, Illinois, 80 miles southwest of Chicago. The Grand Ridge wind project employs 66 GE 1.5-megawatt wind turbines and was commissioned in late 2008. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20476 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18512 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:56:50 GMT One of the 140-foot-long blades broke off at the stem on a wind turbine in rural Wyanet in Bureau County Illinois. The blade was found 150 feet away from the turbine. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18512 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35093 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:33:55 GMT Giant turbines tower over farmland in Illinois. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35093 http://www.windaction.org/articles/17778 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:49:27 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/17778 http://www.windaction.org/articles/17777 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:40:10 GMT The circular turbine base is dwarfed by the size of the turbine components. http://www.windaction.org/articles/17777