Fire rips through Siemens Gamesa wind turbine
ReCharge News|Cosmo Sanderson|May 28, 2025
A fire has ripped through a Siemens Gamesa wind turbine at a green energy hub in Australia, destroying the nacelle and a blade. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) in the southern state of Victoria announced yesterday that the turbine had kept crews “busy last night” as it burned at a wind farm near the town of Great Western. “CFA crews that attended did what they could to create safety zones and remained clear of the structure."
A fire has ripped through a Siemens Gamesa wind turbine at a green energy hub in Australia, destroying the nacelle and a blade. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) in the southern state of Victoria announced yesterday that the turbine had kept crews “busy last night” as it burned at a wind farm near the town of Great Western. “CFA crews that attended did what they could to create safety zones and remained clear of the structure."
Fire took place at Bulgana Green Power Hub in Victoria which also features a Tesla battery energy storage system; The fire destroyed the turbine nacelle and one of the blades.Photo: Country Fire Authority.
A fire has ripped through a Siemens Gamesa wind turbine at a green energy hub in Australia, destroying the nacelle and a blade.
The Country Fire Authority (CFA) in the southern state of Victoria announced yesterday that the turbine had kept crews “busy last night” as it burned at a wind farm near the town of Great Western.
“CFA crews that attended did what they could to create safety zones and remained clear of the structure,” said local district commander Ben Townsend.
"Crews were initially called out because the main body of the wind …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]Fire took place at Bulgana Green Power Hub in Victoria which also features a Tesla battery energy storage system; The fire destroyed the turbine nacelle and one of the blades.Photo: Country Fire Authority.
A fire has ripped through a Siemens Gamesa wind turbine at a green energy hub in Australia, destroying the nacelle and a blade.
The Country Fire Authority (CFA) in the southern state of Victoria announced yesterday that the turbine had kept crews “busy last night” as it burned at a wind farm near the town of Great Western.
“CFA crews that attended did what they could to create safety zones and remained clear of the structure,” said local district commander Ben Townsend.
"Crews were initially called out because the main body of the wind turbine was on fire. They contacted the operator of the turbines and shut them down.
“Crews left the scene in the hands of the owners to monitor and just after 3am they got called back because a blade had caught fire, dislodged and fell to the ground.”
The fire took place at the 194MW Bulgana Green Power Hub, said local authority Energy Safe Victoria, which added that it had destroyed the nacelle of the turbine and its investigators and engineers are at the scene.
“At this stage the cause of the fire is still unknown,” it said.
The Bulgana Green Power Hub is made up of 56 Siemens Gamesa SG 3.4-132 turbines, with a power rating of 3.47MW. It also features a 20MW Tesla battery to store excess wind energy.
Siemens Gamesa, which was contacted for comment, secured a contract in 2018to build the Bulgana hub on an EPC basis for French renewables producer Neoen, and then maintain it for 25 years. The European turbine maker has undertaken several EPC contracts for Neoen in Australia.
In December, Neoen agreed to sell the Bulgana hub as part of a bundle of Australian generation and storage assets to ASX-listed asset manager HMC Capital.