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Transformer ruptures at Wethersfield wind turbine
Megan Gollwitzer, spokesperson for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, said approximately 400 gallons of transformer oil, a mineral oil product, was released into the area immediately surrounding the base of the wind turbine. ...Approximately 45 tons of affected soil from the area where the spill occurred was collected and removed for off-site disposal at a regulated landfill, Gollwitzer said.
January 25, 2012
by Kristy Kibler
in Warsaw Country Courier
A transformer problem caused a one-day shut down of a Noble Environmental Power wind turbine in Wethersfield last week.
"On Jan. 16, a transformer failed at the base of a wind turbine," said Brett Hastings, asset management director for Noble. "The transformer was replaced, and the turbine resumed operation that day."
The wind turbine in question is #55 of the Noble project, located on Route 78 near Maxwell Road.
Megan Gollwitzer, spokesperson for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, said approximately 400 gallons of transformer oil, a mineral oil product, was released into... [continue via Web link]
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