Giant Wind Turbines Keep Mysteriously Falling Over.
This Shouldn't Be Happening.
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Giant Wind Turbines Keep Mysteriously Falling Over.
This Shouldn't Be Happening.
Story by Tim Newcomb •
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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.
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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Turbine failures are on the uptick across the world,
sometimes with blades falling off or even full turbine
collapses.
A recent report says production issues may be to blame
for the mysterious increase in failures.
Turbines are growing larger as quality control plans
get smaller.
The taller the wind turbine, the harder they fall. And
they sure are falling.
Wind turbine failures are on the uptick, from Oklahoma
to Sweden and Colorado to Germany, with all three of
the major manufacturers admitting that the race to
create bigger turbines has invited manufacturing
issues, according to a report from Bloomberg.
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Multiple turbines that are taller than 750 feet are
collapsing across the world, with the tallest—784 feet
in stature—falling in Germany in September 2021. To put
it in perspective, those turbines are taller than both
the Space Needle in Seattle and the Washington Monument
in Washington, D.C. Even smaller turbines that recently
took a tumble in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Wales, and
Colorado were about the height of the Statue of
Liberty.
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