"Oops."
Ice Throw, Germany, Undated
Submitted by EffieRover on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 2:23pm. "Oops." | Ice Throw
Don't know how someone got a photo of ice throw in action, but they did.
Downed Turbine, Germany 2002
Submitted by EffieRover on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 2:19pm. "Oops." | Fire, Lightning, Accidents
(Translated from German)
February 19, 2002
WKA accident in Javenloch at the ostfriesischen coast.
Parts of the rotors flew up to 235 meters far, measured by pacing down, according to an observer from Jever.
Because no roads were in the proximity, nobody was injured.
Turbines Set Fields on Fire, California
Submitted by EffieRover on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 2:10pm. "Oops." | Fire, Lightning, Accidents
(Apologies for the poor-quality image; scanned from the Herald, June 23, 1994)
The Alameda County Zoning Administrator approved strict new measures Wednesday to prevent grass fires sparked by Altamont Pass windmills, just as firefighters battled a searing windmill blaze off Vasco Road.
County officials in Hayward could not have known how timely their decision was.
An afternoon grass fire sparked by a turbine charred 10 acres in southeastern Contra Costa County, melting the windmill's machinery. At one point, the turbine itself burst into flames and had to be doused by several helicopter passes.
German Fire, 2004
Submitted by EffieRover on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 2:05pm. "Oops." | Fire, Lightning, Accidents
(Translation of Donnerstag newspaper)
June 9, 2004
The tempest which swept over Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein yesterday morning caused damage to the value of serveral million (euros). The lightning strikes caused rail delays of approxinately 1 hour between Keil and Hamburg.
Nothing could save the wind turbine in the Wulfhagen wind park. Even with a fire appliance the firefighters could not reach the fire which was at a height of 65 metres (213 feet).
Wind farm fears as blade snaps
Submitted by EffieRover on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 1:56pm. "Oops." | Fire, Lightning, Accidents
(reprinted from the Times, April 2005)
A TURBINE at a Scottish wind farm has broken down after one of its blades snapped off.
The 10-tonne turbine, one of 31 at the £80 million Crystal Rig wind farm near Dunbar, East Lothian, was destroyed last week when a mechanism to stop it spinning too fast failed. Onlookers reported strong winds and said one of the turbine blades flew off and hurtled into the countryside.
Aragon Province, Spain
Submitted by EffieRover on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 1:46pm. "Oops." | Fire, Lightning, Accidents
This turbine in Aragon province, Spain, is leaking oil profusely. Repeated attempts to get the problem fixed have resulted only in promises.
Nissan Factory Fire
Submitted by EffieRover on Thu, 07/13/2006 - 4:01pm. "Oops." | Fire, Lightning, Accidents
Another photo of the Nissan Factory Turbines on fire. Dec 2005.
Birds in Navarre, Spain
Submitted by EffieRover on Fri, 07/07/2006 - 1:54pm. "Oops." | Wildlife Impact
The wind developers will tell you that bird kill is nonexistant, or at least irrelevant.
But this photograph taken at Navarre, Spain, shows birds of prey that have been slaughtered by the spinning blades of wind turbines. Workers are routinely paid to pick up and dispose of the birds.
Workers at Tug Hill in New York are also paid to pick up birds on a weekly basis.
