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Two wind turbines self-destruct in one week

Posted by: Lisa on November 03, 2009 10:42:50 AM

Wind turbine blades rip loose near Esbjerg and southwestern Sweden, one landing on a hiking path A malfunction on a Vestas wind turbine in the town of Falkenberg on Sweden's southwest coast could have resulted in tragedy, as one of the structure's large blades flew off and landed on a track used by hikers.

Note : http://www.cphpost.dk/business/119-business/47384-two-wind-turbines-self-destruct-in-one-week.html

BP solar panel blaze raises concerns

Posted by: Lisa on June 28, 2009 7:59:55 PM

Fresh concerns have emerged over the future of BP's alternative energy business after a fire broke out at one of the company's largest solar power installations in Germany. The incident on June 21 destroyed nearly 200 sq m of one of the world's largest roof-mounted solar panel arrays on a warehouse complex in Bürstadt, near Mannheim.

Note : http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article6597693.ece

Windmill manufacturer recalls blades; 10 U.S. installations affected

Posted by: Lisa on May 06, 2009 11:35:58 PM

Officials at ReDriven Power Inc. are confident of their young company's continued success, but concede they've recently issued a recall on the blades of 10 turbines installed in the U.S. ..."We did have a blade problem," said president and CEO Joseph Ianni, when The AgriNews paid a visit to the firm's headquarters inside a former textile mill recently.

Note : http://www.agrinewsinteractive.com/fullstory.htm?ArticleID=10072&ShowSection=News

Spinning to destruction

Posted by: Lisa on September 03, 2008 11:15:24 PM

Wind power may be one of the cleaner, greener energy sources available, but turbine and blade failures point to dangers that were not anticipated, says Michael Connellan

Note : http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/04/energy.engineering?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Suzlon to replace defective equipment worth $25 million

Posted by: Lisa on March 03, 2008 1:47:01 AM

In what implies a Rs.1 billion ($25 million) hit on its balance sheet for the current quarter, leading wind power equipment-maker Suzlon Energy will refit wind turbine blades for a project in the US, the company said Monday. “The company will do a retrofit programme to resolve blade-cracking issues discovered during the operations of some of its S88 turbines in the US,” the company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange Monday.

Note : http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/suzlon-to-replace-defective-equipment-worth-25-million_10023511.html

Accident: A failure in a wind turbine caused a forest fire in Muros

Posted by: hughkemper on October 17, 2006 7:53:54 AM

A failure in one of the wind turbines owned by the Iberdrola company in the Pedregal Mountains, Esteiro (Muros), resulted in a forest fire that razed a hectare of the mountain.

Note : http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/se_galicia/imprimir_noticia.jsp?CAT=102&TEXTO=5125652

Eighty hectares burn with mount low and pine in a fire between Pétrola and Blond Corral

Posted by: hughkemper on August 17, 2006 12:05:37 PM

The mount albaceteño returned to give a new scare yesterday. A aerogenerador of the Aeolian park of the Anorias in Pétrola began to burn on the four with afternoon and caused a forest fire in the place known like the Cord.

Editor's Note: This translation is not great but this fire in Albacete, Spain was caused by a wind turbine. Apparently this is the second incident.

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