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Fall of Fenner windmill remains a mystery
The foundation wasn't faulty, the 187-ton machine wasn't defective and all specifications were met. Yet Enel North America and the top industry analysts they hired have no answers as to what caused Turbine 18 to topple over Dec. 27.
Since the unprecedented fall, Fenner Wind Farm's 20 turbines have been switched off, not generating any energy.
June 21, 2010
by Caitlin Traynor
in Oneida Daily Dispatch
FENNER -- The foundation wasn't faulty, the 187-ton machine wasn't defective and all specifications were met. Yet Enel North America and the top industry analysts they hired have no answers as to what caused Turbine 18 to topple over Dec. 27.
Since the unprecedented fall, Fenner Wind Farm's 20 turbines have been switched off, not generating any energy. Enel's many self-imposed deadlines for concluding research on the incident have passed without producing any answers. And there may never be any substantial answers.
What the company has determined though, is many things that did not cause the earth-shaking collapse.
"The report isn't entirely finished... [continue via Web link]
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