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Wind farm says turbine blades OK
A spokesman for FPL Energy says a recent report by a local TV station saying all the turbine blades at Horse Hollow Wind Farm are being replaced is inaccurate.
"We are not replacing turbine blades at Horse Hollow," said Steven Stengel. "Let me emphasize 'not.'"
Instead, a "routine" repair will be made on the lightning receptors on 95 of the 421 turbines on the farm southwest of Abilene, Stengel said.
June 28, 2008
by Jane Pratt
in Abilene Reporter News
A spokesman for FPL Energy says a recent report by a local TV station saying all the turbine blades at Horse Hollow Wind Farm are being replaced is inaccurate.
"We are not replacing turbine blades at Horse Hollow," said Steven Stengel. "Let me emphasize 'not.'"
Instead, a "routine" repair will be made on the lightning receptors on 95 of the 421 turbines on the farm southwest of Abilene, Stengel said.
And the repairs will not influence the turbines' ability to generate electricity because the receptors do not influence the operability of the turbines.
"All of that is done with a crane, but none of... [continue via Web link]
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