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Giant wind turbines keep mysteriously falling over, which shouldn't be happening. Production issues may be to blame for the increase in failures.
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NEW BEDFORD — As companies involved with the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm execute an updated Incident and Response Action Plan after the partial collapse of a damaged turbine blade back in ...
Wind power in Wisconsin started in 1990 with the installation of the Lincoln Turbines wind farm, and contributes to the state's renewable portfolio standard established in 1998. [1] In 2016, Wisconsin had a wind generating capacity of 648 megawatts (MW), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] responsible for generating 2.4% of its electricity. [ 4 ]
The particular demands of installing wind turbines in mountainous regions in Spain which included poor road access and blustery (high turbulence) conditions led to specific design features of Ecotècnia's turbines - including a modular construction of the turbine (three components: rotor and shaft; mainframe and yaw system; and the drive train ...
The 845-megawatt Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in Oregon is the first windpark in the United States to utilize permanent magnet design in its primary wind turbine. Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm in Romania, constructed in 2008, uses 240 GE 2.5xl wind turbines capable of generating a total of 600 MW, powering a million Romanian households each year. [29]
Drone video footage from Reed Timmer, a storm chaser and meteorologist, captured a tornado in Iowa snapping a wind turbine in half and causing damaging others. Timmer described the footage as ...
Blue Sky Green Field Wind Energy Center is a wind farm in northeast Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. [1] The 10,600-acre (4,300 ha) facility is located in the towns of Calumet and Marshfield . [ 2 ] Owned by We Energies , it became the largest operating installation using wind power in Wisconsin when it came online in 2008.