Wind Turbines and Fires
Wind turbines, like many other big machines, rarely but occasionally catch fire. In 2018 there were some 2200 wind turbines in Australia; there had been…
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AUSTRALIAN FIRE 2018: looking back…
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 |…
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Burning Wind Turbine in Portugal
That looks like a very expensive fire, good thing they didn't sustain casualties from falling debris.
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Wind turbine goes up in…
von Dana Heide 28.10.2013 handelsblatt.com A wind turbine burned Sunday in Bördekreis in Sachsen-Anhalt. Firefighters stood by helpless, watching a million euros destroyed. It…
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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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Australian warning!
I am here on behalf of the Grampians-Glenthompson Landscape Guardians Incorporated, to present our objection to the application by Investec Bank (Australia) Limited,…
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Turbines in bushfire prone regions
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/08/25/residents-countywide-should-urge-supervisors-to-ban-wind-turbines-in-fire-prone-regions/ very simple argument constructed from four points 1) Wind turbines are machines that are prone to mechanical failure. 2) When they fail they can Cause…
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Can’t fight the fire
November 20, 2010 Credit: BY ELIZABETH SWEETMAN, 04 Nov, 2010, victorharbortimes.com.au http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/11/20/cant-fight-the-fire/ CAPE JERVIS – Do you call the CFS in the event of a wind turbine…
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Wind turbine erupts into flames…
August 26, 2011 Credit: By Wayne McCormick, KTXS News, www.ktxs.com http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/26/wind-turbine-erupts-into-flames-southwest-of-abilene/ Fire Chief Gary Young said the fire started in the wind turbine tower and then spread…
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Why did a Scottish wind…
newscientist.com 9 December 2011 Paul Marks, senior technology correspondent This striking image of a wind turbine in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland as it exploded in…
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Wind Turbines a Fire Danger…
SUNDAY, APRIL 01, 2012 A recent wind turbine fire in Germany exposes the risk of constructing wind farms in drylands and wild lands subject to…
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