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Vestas turbine blade shredded
July  2, 2009
Credits: http://www.lr-online.de. Windaction.org wishes to express our thanks to Mr. Wilfried Heck for providing the English translation of this story.
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A fierce storm on the afternoon of July 2, 2009 destroyed portions of an industrial wind turbine located between Brieske and Schwarzheide in Germany. Pieces, as shown in this photo, flew 150 meters through the air landing about 50 meters from federal highway Nr. 169. No one was injured. The approximately 40 meter blade broke several trees as it cut a track through the forest. The blade showed signs of lightning damage. The turbine was a Vestas V80- 2MW with a height of 140 meters.
Vestas turbine blade shredded
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