Blades snap off Brusselton wind turbine

4:07pm Tuesday 29th January 2013 in News By Duncan Leatherdale

The turbine with debris at its base, some was found at least 36m away from the tower The turbine with debris at its base, some was found at least 36m away from the tower

BLADES from an 18m high wind turbine have snapped off after a night of heavy rain and winds.

The turbine in a field near Bishop Auckland was built last year after planning permission was granted in November, 2011.

The 18m high turbine, which had a blade diameter of 16m, was in a field between Brusselton Lane and the A68 at Brusselton near West Auckland.

It was built by High West Thickley Farm at Brusselton but the farmer was unavailable for comment at the time of publication.

All three blades had snapped off the turbine with debris scattered across the field, some at least 36m away from the tower.

The destruction was discovered this morning (January 29)after a night of heavy rain and wind in the Bishop Auckland area.

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Red Grouse says...
2:41am Wed 30 Jan 13

The second catastrophic turbine failure in 24 hours: a 35-metre wind turbine collapsed in Bradworthy, North Devon last night.

The company that put it up confirmed this morning that a “complication” had occurred with the turbine!

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Dillweed says...
4:42pm Wed 30 Jan 13

EXXon Valdez

BP Horizon

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Red Grouse says...
4:48pm Wed 30 Jan 13

Dillweed.

And your point is?

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outside4fun says...
5:06pm Wed 30 Jan 13

Anyone know who the manufacturer is on this turbine that snapped blades? Image is hard to see.

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outside4fun says...
5:29pm Wed 30 Jan 13

Harbon Wind Turbines HWT60 blades snapped - this is the turbine.

http://www.harbonwin
dturbines.co.uk/prod
ucts.html

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bubbagyro says...
7:24pm Wed 30 Jan 13

Dillweed wrote:
EXXon Valdez

BP Horizon
Exxon Valdez was a non-event in the long term. The Bay is one of the most productive areas in Alaska today. Some attribute the oil as food for planckton growth.

As for BP, that WAS a non-event, exaggerated by the corrupt Obama regime (who was subsequently ordered to stop their illegal actions by federal courts). I live in the Gulf, and nothing happened. NOTHING! Tens of millions of gallons of oil seep naturally into the Gulf from fissures annually, and these seepage sites are documented to be highest in sea life.

Study first, then blab.

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G Harris says...
2:56pm Thu 31 Jan 13

Aberfan, anyone? How many children and teachers died there? After that disaster, the height of pit heaps was reduced, including the one across the road from the junior school I attended. Live with pit heaps and collieries on your doorstep- which many of them were- and the turbines don't look that bad. The North East has had a **** site worse than a few windmills.

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timsinc says...
2:55pm Sat 2 Feb 13

I wonder whether alexnico has been hit in the head by a turbine blade. What her friend of a friend has to do with anything going on in the N-E is a mystery.

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