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Oil spill cleanup complete (Searsburg turbine)
When one of the 11 wind turbines at the Searsburg wind facility collapsed last month during wind gusts left over from Hurricane Ike, it spilled about 40 gallons of hydraulic oil and crankcase oil.
The spill has since been cleaned up, the Agency of Natural Resources said. ...Tedesco said the turbines - blades, nacelle and tower - were designed to withstand winds of 100 miles an hour, and that the blade came off during a gust of wind measuring around 66 miles an hour on Sept. 15, tail winds from Hurricane Ike. He said the winds hadn't even been high enough to trigger one of the turbine's built-in safety features.
October 17, 2008
by Susan Smallheer
in Rutland Herald
When one of the 11 wind turbines at the Searsburg wind facility collapsed last month during wind gusts left over from Hurricane Ike, it spilled about 40 gallons of hydraulic oil and crankcase oil.
The spill has since been cleaned up, the Agency of Natural Resources said.
Green Mountain Power, the owner of the state's only operating wind facility, also said the collapse of the turbine was being blamed on a faulty repair to one of the turbine's blades earlier in the summer after it was struck by lightning.
John Tedesco, safety and environmental manager for Green Mountain Power, said... [continue via Web link]
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