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While downplaying the impact of their decisions on a potential wind farm in southern Henry County, members of the aviation board here are moving forward with the construction of a new runway. ...Going back to the FAA could delay the runway construction project by about a year.
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Indiana]
An eastbound coal train clipped a wind turbine blade hauled by a westbound locomotive stopped near the Main Street crossing in downtown Burlington, which halted train traffic for several hours early Thursday morning.
BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth said the incident happened about 2:15 a.m.
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Iowa]
State shuts down onshore wind turbine program after major malfunction
March 25, 2011 by Tom Johnson in NJ Spotlight
March 25, 2011 by Tom Johnson in NJ Spotlight
The problem occurred on March 2 when a still unexplained major malfunction on a recently installed wind turbine caused all three blades to break loose, Reinert said. On March 8, the clean energy office staff directed the program coordinator to issue a notice to stakeholders advising that "Effective immediately, there is a temporary hold on all new REIP wind applications."
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Structural Failure|
New Jersey]
FAA says proposed wind farm on Poor Mountain no danger to planes
March 24, 2011 by Laurence Hammack and Cody Lowe in Roanoke Times
March 24, 2011 by Laurence Hammack and Cody Lowe in Roanoke Times
The FAA found that 14 of the 18 turbines proposed by Invenergy do "not exceed obstruction standards and would not be a hazard to air navigation," according to notices posted on its website.
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Virginia]
Two wind farm plans which caused concerns about their potential effect on radar systems have been approved by the Scottish government.
They will see 23 turbines built at Blackcraig in the Galloway hills and an extension of the same size at Black Law in North Lanarkshire and West Lothian.
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UK]
Two firefighters from Lincoln County were injured while fighting the blaze. ...there was no damage reported to wind turbines at the Smoky Hill Wind Farm. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
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Kansas]
NTSB: Pilot might not have seen tower before fatal Delta crash
January 19, 2011 by Robert Salonga in Contra Costa Times
January 19, 2011 by Robert Salonga in Contra Costa Times
A crop duster pilot killed last week may not have seen the weather tower that his plane clipped, causing him to crash on a remote island in the Delta, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. ...He appears to have struck a 200-foot meteorological tower.
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California]
Two workers were injured this morning while constructing a tower for a wind turbine on a private property in rural southwest Rochester, according to the Rochester Fire Department.
The two were evacuated from the accident by medical helicopter.
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Structural Failure|
Minnesota]
Solar panels and wind turbines throw up concerns for aviation
January 11, 2011 by John Croft in Flight Global
January 11, 2011 by John Croft in Flight Global
Along with the possible distracting or eye-damaging glare from solar cell farms and solar towers for renewable energy, there is concern that the growing number of wind turbines will increase the risk to airborne surveillance as radar microwave signals get blocked by turbine blades. The rotating blades can also cause "clutter" in a radar output because of reflections of the microwave signals.
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USA]
Work was suspended on an offshore windfarm when an 18-tonne section of turbine plunged into the sea.
The crane was lifting a turbine blade from a feeder barge when the blade broke free from its hoist and fell into the water.
Nobody was injured but a source claimed two workers badly shaken by the incident later quit.
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UK]
Three wind turbine workers killed in Sinovel incident
January 7, 2011 by Wu Qi in Windpower Monthly Magazine
January 7, 2011 by Wu Qi in Windpower Monthly Magazine
Three workers have been killed while installing and testing a Sinovel wind turbine in northern China. ...The accident follows a recent announcement by China's National Energy Bureau (NEB) that it is launching an investigation into whether cost cutting has led to a fall in safety standards.
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Asia]
Eneco was correctly denied a licence to place 238 wind turbines in the North Sea although infrastructure minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen did not outline her case correctly, a court in Rotterdam said on Monday. ...The wind parks would have prevented low-flying helicopters moving safely between rigs, and that justified the rejection of the plan
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Europe]
Pilots' lives ‘will be put at risk' by wind farm turbines
December 31, 2010 by Julian Makey in News & Crier
December 31, 2010 by Julian Makey in News & Crier
Geoff Soden, of ParamotorsUK, fears that turbulence downwind from the giant rotating blades of the farm's turbines could cause a paramotor's parachute-style wing to collapse.
Pilots, including trainees, currently fly close to the proposed Woolley Hill wind farm site on circuits for ParamotorsUK's site at Brooklands Farm, near Alconbury.
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UK]
An employee of the wind park responded early Thursday morning to "trouble shoot" problems with the wind turbine grid. It was determined someone using a firearm had shot the 34,500 volt transformer. ...A hole was found in the transformer's radiator resulted in damage, which caused oil to leak out.
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Michigan]
A tricky transport for a huge piece of equipment being moved to a planned wind farm.
One problem with industrial wind power is that the towers are hard to transport on Vermont's roads.
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Vermont]
Truck carrying wind turbine blade crashes
December 9, 2010 by Nicola Brennan-Tupara in Waikato Times
December 9, 2010 by Nicola Brennan-Tupara in Waikato Times
A worker has escaped injury after a truck carrying a 49-metre long blade for a new wind farm crashed.
The man was sat on a section of the truck's trailer known as the "dolly'' when the crash occurred about 9am on State Highway 23, between Hamilton and Raglan.
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Australia / New Zealand]
Truck carrying explosives overturns in Sheffield
December 7, 2010 by Jim Jardine and Amy Ash Nixon in Caledonian Record
December 7, 2010 by Jim Jardine and Amy Ash Nixon in Caledonian Record
Sheffield-Wheelock Fire Chief Marc Brown examines a blasting company truck that slid-off New Duck Pond Road in Sheffield Monday while a passing highway department truck sands the slippery roadway.
A truck carrying 18,000 pounds of explosive material went off New Duck Pond Road in Sheffield and rolled over Monday morning.
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Vermont]
Wind turbine blade falls off again at Elkton-Pigeon- Bay Port
December 3, 2010 by Traci L. Weisenbach in Huron Daily Tribune
December 3, 2010 by Traci L. Weisenbach in Huron Daily Tribune
Smith said brief power outages experienced in the area cause the three turbines to instantly stop and recoil, which fatigues the blades in the area where they are likely to break. When the blades are new, they're more flexible and durable. ...we are going to direct all maintenance employees to approach away from the blades and keep visitors away. The blade ejection happens rarely, but we need to err on the side of safety.
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Structural Failure|
Michigan]
Blade comes off wind turbine at Perkins High School
December 1, 2010 by Richard Payerchin in Morning Journal
December 1, 2010 by Richard Payerchin in Morning Journal
This was the second time in two years the school district had a wind turbine fail due to a problem with blades. The turbine that failed this week was not the one that had earlier problems, officials said.
"At this point we're going to take a step back, find out what happened and make decisions from there," Perkins school Superintendent Jim Gunner said.
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Structural Failure|
Ohio]
Consumer's Energy hopes to build a wind farm just south of the Mason County Airport, made up of 56 turbines.
Nearly 75% of them exceed the height requirements because they are so close to the airport.
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Michigan]
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