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Hundreds of Britain's offshore wind turbines may have a design flaw that makes them SINK, The Sun can reveal.
Concrete in their foundations can wear away - leaving the power generators to drop several centimetres into the seabed and become less stable.
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In high winds 15ft-long turbine blades flew off three structures in 112mph winds
January 6, 2012 by Tamara Cohen in Daily Mail
January 6, 2012 by Tamara Cohen in Daily Mail
First there were the wind farms that had to be shut down if it got a bit blowy. Then there was the turbine that burst into flames in a gale a month ago. And now three turbines have been wrecked in the latest bout of rough weather - sweeping away any remaining illusions that strong winds simply mean more electricity being generated.
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Safety concerns have been raised over wind turbines and a fresh investigation has now been launched after a second tower was said to have been toppled during high winds in Cornwall. ...In the House of Commons yesterday, Energy Secretary Ed Davey warned wind farm operators to make sure their equipment is safe.
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Investigation of Vestas V47 turbine turned over in Scotland
November 22, 2007 in Windtech International
November 22, 2007 in Windtech International
...a Vestas V47 turbine, commissioned in November 2001, turned over at Scottish Power's Beinn an Tuirc ...the investigation process is ongoing and until the root cause of the incident is firmly established, the HSE has suggested that some precautionary measures are implemented on Vestas' V47 and V52 turbines, e.g. turbine max. speed pause to be adjusted from 25 m/s to 15 m/s and auto reset parameters reduced from max ten to max five.
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