It could take several weeks for engineers to figure out what caused a 187-ton turbine to collapse at the Fenner Wind Farm on Sunday. Enel North America spokesman Hank Sennott said structural engineers and a crew from the turbine's manufacturer, General Electric Co., will put together reports on the incident by mid-January at the earliest.
It could take several weeks for engineers to figure out what caused a 187-ton turbine to collapse at the Fenner Wind Farm on Sunday. Enel North America spokesman Hank Sennott said structural engineers and a crew from the turbine's manufacturer, General Electric Co., will put together reports on the incident by mid-January at the earliest.
It could take several weeks for engineers to figure out what caused a 187-ton turbine to collapse at the Fenner Wind Farm on Sunday.
Enel North America spokesman Hank Sennott said structural engineers and a crew from the turbine's manufacturer, General Electric Co., will put together reports on the incident by mid-January at the earliest.
Turbine 18 fell between 3 and 4 a.m. Sunday, according to neighbors. The tower is one of 20 that dot the ridges of the rural community just east of Cazenovia. When the wind farm was built in 2001, it was the largest project of its kind east of the Mississippi River. It can power up to 10,000 home when at capacity.
Sennott said the developer is being "abundantly cautious" in the face of the unusual …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]It could take several weeks for engineers to figure out what caused a 187-ton turbine to collapse at the Fenner Wind Farm on Sunday.
Enel North America spokesman Hank Sennott said structural engineers and a crew from the turbine's manufacturer, General Electric Co., will put together reports on the incident by mid-January at the earliest.
Turbine 18 fell between 3 and 4 a.m. Sunday, according to neighbors. The tower is one of 20 that dot the ridges of the rural community just east of Cazenovia. When the wind farm was built in 2001, it was the largest project of its kind east of the Mississippi River. It can power up to 10,000 home when at capacity.
Sennott said the developer is being "abundantly cautious" in the face of the unusual incident. Enel oversees about 260 turbines in the United States and Canada. "It's never happened to us," Sennott said. "Nothing like this."
The farm's other 19 turbines aren't generating power as officials work to determine the cause of the collapse. The toppled windmill, which stood 212 feet from the ground to the center hub, 329 feet to the tip of a blade at its full height, remains under investigation in the corn field where it landed