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 importance of protecting flying creatures while in migration, monarch migration, and the dangers of pollution … Read more...
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AUSTRALIAN FIRE 2018: looking back at a huge loss, almost 3400 hectares,
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2018/01/16/currandooley-fires-first-anniversary-sparks-reflection/
January 16, 2018 • Australia
Currandooley fire’s first anniversary sparks reflection
Credit: Currandooley fire impacts linger one year later | Louise Thrower | Goulburn Post | January 16 2018 | www.goulburnpost.com.au ~~
The green tinge on pastures … Read more...
DARK SIDE OF “GREEN”: WIND TURBINE NOISE, FIRES, ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, AND FATALITIES RAISE SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS NEAR RESIDENTIAL HOMES
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 Isle, Maine have all seen dramatic wind turbine fires in the last few weeks.
The … Read more...
Wind Turbine Accidents – Slideshow
Burning Wind Turbine in Portugal
That looks like a very expensive fire, good thing they didn’t sustain casualties from falling debris.
InvEnergy California Ridge Windfarm Turbine Failure
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 of Oakwood, Illinois near the Newtown Middle School location.
What we do know … Read more...
160-foot blade breaks off western NY wind turbine
November 18, 2013
ORANGEVILLE, N.Y. — A 160-foot-long blade has broken off a turbine at a western New York wind farm, but no injuries resulted from its plummet to the ground.
Hunters tell WIVB in Buffalo (http://bit.ly/17eK5SR ) that … Read more...
Taming Turbine Fires Before They Start: It’s when, not if…
Author: Scott Starr
Volume: May/June 2011
According to reports, the cost of a fire that damages or destroys a wind turbine can be as much as $2 million. Property damage to the turbine, and nearby areas, from fires reported … Read more...
Wind turbine goes up in flames
von Dana Heide 28.10.2013
A wind turbine burned Sunday in Bördekreis in Sachsen-Anhalt. Firefighters stood by helpless, watching a million euros destroyed. It was not the first such event.
Düsseldorf. Es sind atemberaubende Aufnahmen, die im Bördekreis in … Read more...
Dead in fire wind turbine Ooltgensplaat
October 30, 2013
A wind turbine caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Ooltgensplaat on Goeree-Overflakkee, costing the lives of two mechanics. Four mechanics were at work in the wind turbine on the Mariadijk, about 80 meters above ground, Tuesday … Read more...