Witnesses say broken wind turbine…
Source: wattsupwiththat.com The Juniper Fire is now 40 percent contained, according to a press release. The fire is mostly burning in the Pine Creek Drainage…
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Nextera Energy investigates cause of…
Source: cbc.ca Wind company says work to remove and replace the burned parts will take place in the spring The company that operates a wind…
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Crews respond to wind turbine…
Crews are responding Monday to a wind turbine in Columbia County that is on fire. According to Columbia County dispatch, officials received a call at…
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Overheated bearings, gearboxes among causes…
Wind turbines often catch fire and burn much more frequently than is reported, a study from the UK and Sweden maintains. Researchers at Imperial College…
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Wind turbine blamed for Rhodes…
A motor on a wind turbine caught fire and is blamed for sparking a wildfire Monday in Mulberry Canyon in southwest Taylor County that has burned…
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It’s ‘exceedingly rare’ for a…
A wind turbine in northwest Iowa caught on fire and one of its blades fell to the ground as seen in a video captured by a…
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Suzanne Albright Executive Member Turbines…
We welcome Suzanne Albright as Executive Member for Turbines on Fire. Ms. Albright is known for her writing on various wind turbine issues; including the…
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DARK SIDE OF “GREEN”: WIND…
Wind Turbine Fires Signal End of Land-Based Wind Turbines Posted by Long Islander on April 5, 2018 at 7:48pm Hanover, Massachusetts, Oklahoma and Presque…
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InvEnergy California Ridge Windfarm Turbine…
November 21, 2013 http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com OAKWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - Early this morning, there was a wind turbine failure at the California Ridge Wind Farm just north…
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160-foot blade breaks off western…
November 18, 2013 http://www.kentucky.com ORANGEVILLE, N.Y. — A 160-foot-long blade has broken off a turbine at a western New York wind farm, but no injuries resulted…
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Taming Turbine Fires Before They…
Author: Scott Starr Volume: May/June 2011 http://www.nacleanenergy.com According to reports, the cost of a fire that damages or destroys a wind turbine can be as much as…
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Dead in fire wind turbine…
October 30, 2013 http://www.nltimes.nl A wind turbine caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Ooltgensplaat on Goeree-Overflakkee, costing the lives of two mechanics. Four mechanics were…
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Letter to Premier Wynne and…
April 9, 2013 Letter to Premier Wynne and Ministers, In the early morning hours of April 2, 2013 there was a catastrophic failure of a…
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Three million dollar 187 Ton…
Mar-10-10 http://www.democraticunderground.com Three million dollar 187 Ton Wind Turbine Crashes From 200 Feet, Waking the Neighbor Across the Street. The guy who lives across the…
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Concern over wind farms and…
March 13, 2013 http://www.yasstribune.com.au Residents around the Yass Valley are worried wind turbines will put their properties at risk from bushfires. The recent Cobbler…
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A Huge Flash of Blue
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/2734 “I saw a huge flash of blue out on the side of the hill where the windmills were. It started in the middle…
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Wuthering Heights: The Dangers of…
08/20/2007 http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/wuthering-heights-the-dangers-of-wind-power-a-500902.html Wuthering Heights: The Dangers of Wind Power By Simone Kaiser and Michael Fröhlingsdorf Wind turbines continue to multiply the world over. But as…
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Dangers of Wind Power
Credits: ©Augu Spiegel Online International By Simone Kaiser and Michael Fröhlingsdorf http://www.solaripedia.com/13/25/dangers_of_wind_power.html August 2007 Spiegel Online International Wind turbines continue to multiply the world…
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A timely reminder before fire…
Dr Sarah Laurie, MD, September 26, 2011 Many of us have expressed our ongoing legitimate concerns about the fire issues with respect to turbines, which include…
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