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Lightning takes down 127-foot wind blade
Lightning knocked out two wind turbines and sent a massive tower blade crashing to the ground at the Judith Gap Wind Farm last month, the company said Wednesday.
Repairs began earlier this month and will continue into September, said Susan Dennison, an Invenergy spokeswoman.
July 23, 2009
by Karl Puckett
in Great Falls Tribune
Lightning knocked out two wind turbines and sent a massive tower blade crashing to the ground at the Judith Gap Wind Farm last month, the company said Wednesday.
Repairs began earlier this month and will continue into September, said Susan Dennison, an Invenergy spokeswoman.
No workers were on the site at the time of the accident, which occurred at 6:20 p.m., she said.
"There are lightning strikes on a regular basis," Dennison said. "This one just happened to be pretty severe."
The 90 towers at the 135-megawatt wind farm, located on 8,300 acres of private and public land 125 miles southeast of Great Falls,... [continue via Web link]
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