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Windkraft: TÜV sieht in den Anlagen „tickende Zeitbomben“ - WELT
I`ll post the quotes in German and translate each one
Windkraftanlagen werden zu „tickenden Zeitbomben“
Wind energy parks are turning into ticking time bombs

Anfang Januar im Landkreis Schaumburg: In einer Windkraftanlage fällt die Steuerungselektronik aus, der Rotor kann sich nicht mehr nach dem Wind ausrichten. „Nachdem zuerst einige Teile eines Rotorblattes zerbrachen, knickte der Turm des circa 70 Meter hohen Windrades gegen 13.30 Uhr ein und die gesamte Anlage stürzte zu Boden“, heißt es im Bericht der Polizeiinspektion Nienburg.

Schaumburg, January Police report:
A failure of the electronic system which orients the rotor direction caused rotor blades to disintegrate and shortly after at 13:30 the entire structure collapsed crashing to the ground


Zwei Wochen später bei Bad Driburg: An einem Windrad brechen zwei Rotorblätter ab, eines liegt hundert Meter entfernt im Wald. „Ein dickes Rohr hat sich wie ein Pfeil in die Erde gebohrt“, berichtet die „Neue Westfälische“: „Im dichten Nebel sieht die Landschaft um das zerstörte Windrad aus wie ein Kriegsschauplatz.“

Bad Driburg 2 weeks later : 2 rotor blades break off a wind turbine. One landed 100 meters from the site and a heavy pipe was bored into the ground like a projectile. The site looked like a war zone.

Acht Wochen darauf im westfälischen Borchen: Bei einer 115 Meter hohen Anlage ist die Bremstechnik nicht installiert. Der Rotor dreht sich immer schneller, bis zwei der 56 Meter langen Flügel „in einer Wolke aus Glas, Kunststoff und Füllmaterial zerfetzen“, wie das „Westfalen-Blatt“ schreibt. „Messerscharfe Glasfasersplitter“ fliegen 800 Meter weit.

Borchen, Westfalen, 8 weks later. A faulty break mechanism on the 115 meter high wind turbine failed to limit rotor speed.. 2 of the 56 meter rotor blades exploded into a cloud of glass, plastic and filler material and razor sharp fiberglass splinters shot as far as 800 meters


These are just some examples and the number of such incidents is growing. The TÜV is planning to treat wind turbines like other industrial sites in the future which means much more stringent requirements have to be met to get the materials and construction certified.

Meanwhile another analysis showed that even in windy areas turbines interfere with each other when 10 MW per square kilometer are present that they can only deliver 11% of that.
The Max Planck institute which was part of the study determined that even in good areas for wind turbines you can hardly expect more than 1 watt per square meter.
 
Windkraft: TÜV sieht in den Anlagen „tickende Zeitbomben“ - WELT
I`ll post the quotes in German and translate each one
Windkraftanlagen werden zu „tickenden Zeitbomben“
Wind energy parks are turning into ticking time bombs

Anfang Januar im Landkreis Schaumburg: In einer Windkraftanlage fällt die Steuerungselektronik aus, der Rotor kann sich nicht mehr nach dem Wind ausrichten. „Nachdem zuerst einige Teile eines Rotorblattes zerbrachen, knickte der Turm des circa 70 Meter hohen Windrades gegen 13.30 Uhr ein und die gesamte Anlage stürzte zu Boden“, heißt es im Bericht der Polizeiinspektion Nienburg.

Schaumburg, January Police report:
A failure of the electronic system which orients the rotor direction caused rotor blades to disintegrate and shortly after at 13:30 the entire structure collapsed crashing to the ground


Zwei Wochen später bei Bad Driburg: An einem Windrad brechen zwei Rotorblätter ab, eines liegt hundert Meter entfernt im Wald. „Ein dickes Rohr hat sich wie ein Pfeil in die Erde gebohrt“, berichtet die „Neue Westfälische“: „Im dichten Nebel sieht die Landschaft um das zerstörte Windrad aus wie ein Kriegsschauplatz.“

Bad Driburg 2 weeks later : 2 rotor blades break off a wind turbine. One landed 100 meters from the site and a heavy pipe was bored into the ground like a projectile. The site looked like a war zone.

Acht Wochen darauf im westfälischen Borchen: Bei einer 115 Meter hohen Anlage ist die Bremstechnik nicht installiert. Der Rotor dreht sich immer schneller, bis zwei der 56 Meter langen Flügel „in einer Wolke aus Glas, Kunststoff und Füllmaterial zerfetzen“, wie das „Westfalen-Blatt“ schreibt. „Messerscharfe Glasfasersplitter“ fliegen 800 Meter weit.

Borchen, Westfalen, 8 weks later. A faulty break mechanism on the 115 meter high wind turbine failed to limit rotor speed.. 2 of the 56 meter rotor blades exploded into a cloud of glass, plastic and filler material and razor sharp fiberglass splinters shot as far as 800 meters


These are just some examples and the number of such incidents is growing. The TÜV is planning to treat wind turbines like other industrial sites in the future which means much more stringent requirements have to be met to get the materials and construction certified.

Meanwhile another analysis showed that even in windy areas turbines interfere with each other when 10 MW per square kilometer are present that they can only deliver 11% of that.
The Max Planck institute which was part of the study determined that even in good areas for wind turbines you can hardly expect more than 1 watt per square meter.
Sounds about right... One disintegration per 50 turbines every year...
 
Windkraft: TÜV sieht in den Anlagen „tickende Zeitbomben“ - WELT
I`ll post the quotes in German and translate each one
Windkraftanlagen werden zu „tickenden Zeitbomben“
Wind energy parks are turning into ticking time bombs

Anfang Januar im Landkreis Schaumburg: In einer Windkraftanlage fällt die Steuerungselektronik aus, der Rotor kann sich nicht mehr nach dem Wind ausrichten. „Nachdem zuerst einige Teile eines Rotorblattes zerbrachen, knickte der Turm des circa 70 Meter hohen Windrades gegen 13.30 Uhr ein und die gesamte Anlage stürzte zu Boden“, heißt es im Bericht der Polizeiinspektion Nienburg.

Schaumburg, January Police report:
A failure of the electronic system which orients the rotor direction caused rotor blades to disintegrate and shortly after at 13:30 the entire structure collapsed crashing to the ground


Zwei Wochen später bei Bad Driburg: An einem Windrad brechen zwei Rotorblätter ab, eines liegt hundert Meter entfernt im Wald. „Ein dickes Rohr hat sich wie ein Pfeil in die Erde gebohrt“, berichtet die „Neue Westfälische“: „Im dichten Nebel sieht die Landschaft um das zerstörte Windrad aus wie ein Kriegsschauplatz.“

Bad Driburg 2 weeks later : 2 rotor blades break off a wind turbine. One landed 100 meters from the site and a heavy pipe was bored into the ground like a projectile. The site looked like a war zone.

Acht Wochen darauf im westfälischen Borchen: Bei einer 115 Meter hohen Anlage ist die Bremstechnik nicht installiert. Der Rotor dreht sich immer schneller, bis zwei der 56 Meter langen Flügel „in einer Wolke aus Glas, Kunststoff und Füllmaterial zerfetzen“, wie das „Westfalen-Blatt“ schreibt. „Messerscharfe Glasfasersplitter“ fliegen 800 Meter weit.

Borchen, Westfalen, 8 weks later. A faulty break mechanism on the 115 meter high wind turbine failed to limit rotor speed.. 2 of the 56 meter rotor blades exploded into a cloud of glass, plastic and filler material and razor sharp fiberglass splinters shot as far as 800 meters


These are just some examples and the number of such incidents is growing. The TÜV is planning to treat wind turbines like other industrial sites in the future which means much more stringent requirements have to be met to get the materials and construction certified.

Meanwhile another analysis showed that even in windy areas turbines interfere with each other when 10 MW per square kilometer are present that they can only deliver 11% of that.
The Max Planck institute which was part of the study determined that even in good areas for wind turbines you can hardly expect more than 1 watt per square meter.
Sounds about right... One disintegration per 50 turbines every year...
Again, stinky 'facts' from the broad ass of Silly Billy. Here are the real figures;


Annual blade failures estimated at around 3,800


14 May 2015 by Shaun Campbell

WORLDWIDE: Wind turbine rotor blades are failing at a rate of around 3,800 a year, 0.54% of the 700,000 or so blades that are in operation worldwide.

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Siemens was forced to curtail 700 turbines worldwide after a B53 failure
The figures, from research carried out by renewable energy undewriter GCube, were delivered by Andrew Bellamy, former head of Areva's 8MW blade programme, in his opening address to Windpower Monthly's blade manufacturing and composites conference in London on 12 May.

Bellamy, co-founder of renewables advisory firm Aarufield, pointed out that blade failures are the primary cause of insurance claims in the US onshore market. They account for over 40% of claims, ahead of gearboxes (35%) and generators (10%).

The wind industry also faces a struggle to secure the carbon fibre materials it needs for lighter and stronger blade designs, warned Bellamy.

"There's growing competition for these materials from the automotive and aerospace industries," he said. "And they are willing, and able, to pay more than we are."

Recent examples of blade failures include a blade from a Vestas V90 3MW turbine that snapped on a wind farm in the north of Denmark last year. At the time, Vestas said the winds were not particularly high.

In another case last year, GE was forced to replace 33 blade on its turbines at a Michigan wind farm after a blade broke on the project.

GE put the failure down to a "spar cap anomaly". It was the second such incident involving the 1.6-100 model, and was followed by a third at the 94MW Orangeville wind farm in New York State, also in November.

Possibly the biggest blade issue was faced by Siemens in 2013 when it was forced to curtail around 700 turbines worldwide. This was caused by a bonding failure in its B53 blade.







For more see Windpower Monthly's Blade Inspection Damage And Repair Forum. This year’s edition will be held 28-30 September.

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Windkraft: TÜV sieht in den Anlagen „tickende Zeitbomben“ - WELT
I`ll post the quotes in German and translate each one
Windkraftanlagen werden zu „tickenden Zeitbomben“
Wind energy parks are turning into ticking time bombs

Anfang Januar im Landkreis Schaumburg: In einer Windkraftanlage fällt die Steuerungselektronik aus, der Rotor kann sich nicht mehr nach dem Wind ausrichten. „Nachdem zuerst einige Teile eines Rotorblattes zerbrachen, knickte der Turm des circa 70 Meter hohen Windrades gegen 13.30 Uhr ein und die gesamte Anlage stürzte zu Boden“, heißt es im Bericht der Polizeiinspektion Nienburg.

Schaumburg, January Police report:
A failure of the electronic system which orients the rotor direction caused rotor blades to disintegrate and shortly after at 13:30 the entire structure collapsed crashing to the ground


Zwei Wochen später bei Bad Driburg: An einem Windrad brechen zwei Rotorblätter ab, eines liegt hundert Meter entfernt im Wald. „Ein dickes Rohr hat sich wie ein Pfeil in die Erde gebohrt“, berichtet die „Neue Westfälische“: „Im dichten Nebel sieht die Landschaft um das zerstörte Windrad aus wie ein Kriegsschauplatz.“

Bad Driburg 2 weeks later : 2 rotor blades break off a wind turbine. One landed 100 meters from the site and a heavy pipe was bored into the ground like a projectile. The site looked like a war zone.

Acht Wochen darauf im westfälischen Borchen: Bei einer 115 Meter hohen Anlage ist die Bremstechnik nicht installiert. Der Rotor dreht sich immer schneller, bis zwei der 56 Meter langen Flügel „in einer Wolke aus Glas, Kunststoff und Füllmaterial zerfetzen“, wie das „Westfalen-Blatt“ schreibt. „Messerscharfe Glasfasersplitter“ fliegen 800 Meter weit.

Borchen, Westfalen, 8 weks later. A faulty break mechanism on the 115 meter high wind turbine failed to limit rotor speed.. 2 of the 56 meter rotor blades exploded into a cloud of glass, plastic and filler material and razor sharp fiberglass splinters shot as far as 800 meters


These are just some examples and the number of such incidents is growing. The TÜV is planning to treat wind turbines like other industrial sites in the future which means much more stringent requirements have to be met to get the materials and construction certified.

Meanwhile another analysis showed that even in windy areas turbines interfere with each other when 10 MW per square kilometer are present that they can only deliver 11% of that.
The Max Planck institute which was part of the study determined that even in good areas for wind turbines you can hardly expect more than 1 watt per square meter.

Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them.
 
Windkraft: TÜV sieht in den Anlagen „tickende Zeitbomben“ - WELT
I`ll post the quotes in German and translate each one
Windkraftanlagen werden zu „tickenden Zeitbomben“
Wind energy parks are turning into ticking time bombs

Anfang Januar im Landkreis Schaumburg: In einer Windkraftanlage fällt die Steuerungselektronik aus, der Rotor kann sich nicht mehr nach dem Wind ausrichten. „Nachdem zuerst einige Teile eines Rotorblattes zerbrachen, knickte der Turm des circa 70 Meter hohen Windrades gegen 13.30 Uhr ein und die gesamte Anlage stürzte zu Boden“, heißt es im Bericht der Polizeiinspektion Nienburg.

Schaumburg, January Police report:
A failure of the electronic system which orients the rotor direction caused rotor blades to disintegrate and shortly after at 13:30 the entire structure collapsed crashing to the ground


Zwei Wochen später bei Bad Driburg: An einem Windrad brechen zwei Rotorblätter ab, eines liegt hundert Meter entfernt im Wald. „Ein dickes Rohr hat sich wie ein Pfeil in die Erde gebohrt“, berichtet die „Neue Westfälische“: „Im dichten Nebel sieht die Landschaft um das zerstörte Windrad aus wie ein Kriegsschauplatz.“

Bad Driburg 2 weeks later : 2 rotor blades break off a wind turbine. One landed 100 meters from the site and a heavy pipe was bored into the ground like a projectile. The site looked like a war zone.

Acht Wochen darauf im westfälischen Borchen: Bei einer 115 Meter hohen Anlage ist die Bremstechnik nicht installiert. Der Rotor dreht sich immer schneller, bis zwei der 56 Meter langen Flügel „in einer Wolke aus Glas, Kunststoff und Füllmaterial zerfetzen“, wie das „Westfalen-Blatt“ schreibt. „Messerscharfe Glasfasersplitter“ fliegen 800 Meter weit.

Borchen, Westfalen, 8 weks later. A faulty break mechanism on the 115 meter high wind turbine failed to limit rotor speed.. 2 of the 56 meter rotor blades exploded into a cloud of glass, plastic and filler material and razor sharp fiberglass splinters shot as far as 800 meters


These are just some examples and the number of such incidents is growing. The TÜV is planning to treat wind turbines like other industrial sites in the future which means much more stringent requirements have to be met to get the materials and construction certified.

Meanwhile another analysis showed that even in windy areas turbines interfere with each other when 10 MW per square kilometer are present that they can only deliver 11% of that.
The Max Planck institute which was part of the study determined that even in good areas for wind turbines you can hardly expect more than 1 watt per square meter.

Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them.
Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them.
Typical lip-flap-yap-yap "come back" cue card that is being used over and over again by Hillary`s sockpupppets .
Imagine what would happen to windmills if the NTSB who can ground an entire fleet on the basis of 1 single nut or bolt posing a danger would have to certify windmills.
 
However, hundreds of peoples live are not in danger from the failure of a single windmill. And what the fuck does politics have to do with the failure rate of windmills? You are getting senile, old man.

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However, hundreds of peoples live are not in danger from the failure of a single windmill. And what the fuck does politics have to do with the failure rate of windmills? You are getting senile, old man.

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By Craig Richard, 11 October 2018
UNITED STATES: Wind and solar PV reached or exceeded 20% of total generation in ten states in 2017, according to figures from the Energy Information Association (EIA).
Hahaha this is like a game of mole-bashing, bash one frigidweirdo and another one pops up:
"And what the fuck does politics have to do with the failure rate of windmills?"
The only thing that keeps windmills going is politics which wants no part of having anything to do with the failure rate of windmills. And as far as me being a "senile old man" in your opinion is an ineffective insult because it came from the kind of person, of which I could beat 10 of that kind in a simultaneous chess game while I am reading my news paper. I would be alarmed if I were on the "like-list" of somebody like you, because that would put me in the same "class" like Maxine Waters and "Pocahontas"
 
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Windkraft: TÜV sieht in den Anlagen „tickende Zeitbomben“ - WELT
I`ll post the quotes in German and translate each one
Windkraftanlagen werden zu „tickenden Zeitbomben“
Wind energy parks are turning into ticking time bombs

Anfang Januar im Landkreis Schaumburg: In einer Windkraftanlage fällt die Steuerungselektronik aus, der Rotor kann sich nicht mehr nach dem Wind ausrichten. „Nachdem zuerst einige Teile eines Rotorblattes zerbrachen, knickte der Turm des circa 70 Meter hohen Windrades gegen 13.30 Uhr ein und die gesamte Anlage stürzte zu Boden“, heißt es im Bericht der Polizeiinspektion Nienburg.

Schaumburg, January Police report:
A failure of the electronic system which orients the rotor direction caused rotor blades to disintegrate and shortly after at 13:30 the entire structure collapsed crashing to the ground


Zwei Wochen später bei Bad Driburg: An einem Windrad brechen zwei Rotorblätter ab, eines liegt hundert Meter entfernt im Wald. „Ein dickes Rohr hat sich wie ein Pfeil in die Erde gebohrt“, berichtet die „Neue Westfälische“: „Im dichten Nebel sieht die Landschaft um das zerstörte Windrad aus wie ein Kriegsschauplatz.“

Bad Driburg 2 weeks later : 2 rotor blades break off a wind turbine. One landed 100 meters from the site and a heavy pipe was bored into the ground like a projectile. The site looked like a war zone.

Acht Wochen darauf im westfälischen Borchen: Bei einer 115 Meter hohen Anlage ist die Bremstechnik nicht installiert. Der Rotor dreht sich immer schneller, bis zwei der 56 Meter langen Flügel „in einer Wolke aus Glas, Kunststoff und Füllmaterial zerfetzen“, wie das „Westfalen-Blatt“ schreibt. „Messerscharfe Glasfasersplitter“ fliegen 800 Meter weit.

Borchen, Westfalen, 8 weks later. A faulty break mechanism on the 115 meter high wind turbine failed to limit rotor speed.. 2 of the 56 meter rotor blades exploded into a cloud of glass, plastic and filler material and razor sharp fiberglass splinters shot as far as 800 meters


These are just some examples and the number of such incidents is growing. The TÜV is planning to treat wind turbines like other industrial sites in the future which means much more stringent requirements have to be met to get the materials and construction certified.

Meanwhile another analysis showed that even in windy areas turbines interfere with each other when 10 MW per square kilometer are present that they can only deliver 11% of that.
The Max Planck institute which was part of the study determined that even in good areas for wind turbines you can hardly expect more than 1 watt per square meter.

Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them.
Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them.
Typical lip-flap-yap-yap "come back" cue card that is being used over and over again by Hillary`s sockpupppets .
Imagine what would happen to windmills if the NTSB who can ground an entire fleet on the basis of 1 single nut or bolt posing a danger would have to certify windmills.

Oh, you want typical answer, your "answer" is just that.... Nothing to actually reply to... just attacks because you have nothing.
 
Windkraft: TÜV sieht in den Anlagen „tickende Zeitbomben“ - WELT
I`ll post the quotes in German and translate each one
Windkraftanlagen werden zu „tickenden Zeitbomben“
Wind energy parks are turning into ticking time bombs

Anfang Januar im Landkreis Schaumburg: In einer Windkraftanlage fällt die Steuerungselektronik aus, der Rotor kann sich nicht mehr nach dem Wind ausrichten. „Nachdem zuerst einige Teile eines Rotorblattes zerbrachen, knickte der Turm des circa 70 Meter hohen Windrades gegen 13.30 Uhr ein und die gesamte Anlage stürzte zu Boden“, heißt es im Bericht der Polizeiinspektion Nienburg.

Schaumburg, January Police report:
A failure of the electronic system which orients the rotor direction caused rotor blades to disintegrate and shortly after at 13:30 the entire structure collapsed crashing to the ground


Zwei Wochen später bei Bad Driburg: An einem Windrad brechen zwei Rotorblätter ab, eines liegt hundert Meter entfernt im Wald. „Ein dickes Rohr hat sich wie ein Pfeil in die Erde gebohrt“, berichtet die „Neue Westfälische“: „Im dichten Nebel sieht die Landschaft um das zerstörte Windrad aus wie ein Kriegsschauplatz.“

Bad Driburg 2 weeks later : 2 rotor blades break off a wind turbine. One landed 100 meters from the site and a heavy pipe was bored into the ground like a projectile. The site looked like a war zone.

Acht Wochen darauf im westfälischen Borchen: Bei einer 115 Meter hohen Anlage ist die Bremstechnik nicht installiert. Der Rotor dreht sich immer schneller, bis zwei der 56 Meter langen Flügel „in einer Wolke aus Glas, Kunststoff und Füllmaterial zerfetzen“, wie das „Westfalen-Blatt“ schreibt. „Messerscharfe Glasfasersplitter“ fliegen 800 Meter weit.

Borchen, Westfalen, 8 weks later. A faulty break mechanism on the 115 meter high wind turbine failed to limit rotor speed.. 2 of the 56 meter rotor blades exploded into a cloud of glass, plastic and filler material and razor sharp fiberglass splinters shot as far as 800 meters


These are just some examples and the number of such incidents is growing. The TÜV is planning to treat wind turbines like other industrial sites in the future which means much more stringent requirements have to be met to get the materials and construction certified.

Meanwhile another analysis showed that even in windy areas turbines interfere with each other when 10 MW per square kilometer are present that they can only deliver 11% of that.
The Max Planck institute which was part of the study determined that even in good areas for wind turbines you can hardly expect more than 1 watt per square meter.

Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them.
Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them.
Typical lip-flap-yap-yap "come back" cue card that is being used over and over again by Hillary`s sockpupppets .
Imagine what would happen to windmills if the NTSB who can ground an entire fleet on the basis of 1 single nut or bolt posing a danger would have to certify windmills.

Oh, you want typical answer, your "answer" is just that.... Nothing to actually reply to... just attacks because you have nothing.
Oh, you want typical answer, your "answer" is just that....
That part looks like you have some sort of speech impediment in addition to a communication disorder
Nothing to actually reply to...
If that is so then why did you type that gibberish and click on the reply button?
just attacks
What should we call somebody who cries like a child that he was "attacked" instead of admitting to himself that he failed ?
....because you have nothing
And with that your stupid windmill equals airplanes QC wins the day inside your pea brain.
Let`s see again what you said:
Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them
Now you say I "attacked you" because I said that entire fleets are grounded if airplanes use unsafe mechanical parts....and so far I did not even point out that only a narcissist would delude himself to claim credit for advancing technology solely based on the fact that he is posting "green energy" crap on the internet.
Wow I never realized that we would not have any airplanes were it not for the kind of people who say we should not use them because they cause global warming.



 
Windkraft: TÜV sieht in den Anlagen „tickende Zeitbomben“ - WELT
I`ll post the quotes in German and translate each one
Windkraftanlagen werden zu „tickenden Zeitbomben“
Wind energy parks are turning into ticking time bombs

Anfang Januar im Landkreis Schaumburg: In einer Windkraftanlage fällt die Steuerungselektronik aus, der Rotor kann sich nicht mehr nach dem Wind ausrichten. „Nachdem zuerst einige Teile eines Rotorblattes zerbrachen, knickte der Turm des circa 70 Meter hohen Windrades gegen 13.30 Uhr ein und die gesamte Anlage stürzte zu Boden“, heißt es im Bericht der Polizeiinspektion Nienburg.

Schaumburg, January Police report:
A failure of the electronic system which orients the rotor direction caused rotor blades to disintegrate and shortly after at 13:30 the entire structure collapsed crashing to the ground


Zwei Wochen später bei Bad Driburg: An einem Windrad brechen zwei Rotorblätter ab, eines liegt hundert Meter entfernt im Wald. „Ein dickes Rohr hat sich wie ein Pfeil in die Erde gebohrt“, berichtet die „Neue Westfälische“: „Im dichten Nebel sieht die Landschaft um das zerstörte Windrad aus wie ein Kriegsschauplatz.“

Bad Driburg 2 weeks later : 2 rotor blades break off a wind turbine. One landed 100 meters from the site and a heavy pipe was bored into the ground like a projectile. The site looked like a war zone.

Acht Wochen darauf im westfälischen Borchen: Bei einer 115 Meter hohen Anlage ist die Bremstechnik nicht installiert. Der Rotor dreht sich immer schneller, bis zwei der 56 Meter langen Flügel „in einer Wolke aus Glas, Kunststoff und Füllmaterial zerfetzen“, wie das „Westfalen-Blatt“ schreibt. „Messerscharfe Glasfasersplitter“ fliegen 800 Meter weit.

Borchen, Westfalen, 8 weks later. A faulty break mechanism on the 115 meter high wind turbine failed to limit rotor speed.. 2 of the 56 meter rotor blades exploded into a cloud of glass, plastic and filler material and razor sharp fiberglass splinters shot as far as 800 meters


These are just some examples and the number of such incidents is growing. The TÜV is planning to treat wind turbines like other industrial sites in the future which means much more stringent requirements have to be met to get the materials and construction certified.

Meanwhile another analysis showed that even in windy areas turbines interfere with each other when 10 MW per square kilometer are present that they can only deliver 11% of that.
The Max Planck institute which was part of the study determined that even in good areas for wind turbines you can hardly expect more than 1 watt per square meter.

Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them.
Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them.
Typical lip-flap-yap-yap "come back" cue card that is being used over and over again by Hillary`s sockpupppets .
Imagine what would happen to windmills if the NTSB who can ground an entire fleet on the basis of 1 single nut or bolt posing a danger would have to certify windmills.

Oh, you want typical answer, your "answer" is just that.... Nothing to actually reply to... just attacks because you have nothing.
Oh, you want typical answer, your "answer" is just that....
That part looks like you have some sort of speech impediment in addition to a communication disorder
Nothing to actually reply to...
If that is so then why did you type that gibberish and click on the reply button?
just attacks
What should we call somebody who cries like a child that he was "attacked" instead of admitting to himself that he failed ?
....because you have nothing
And with that your stupid windmill equals airplanes QC wins the day inside your pea brain.
Let`s see again what you said:
Imagine what travel would be like had they decided airplanes were too dangerous to keep developing them and using them
Now you say I "attacked you" because I said that entire fleets are grounded if airplanes use unsafe mechanical parts....and so far I did not even point out that only a narcissist would delude himself to claim credit for advancing technology solely based on the fact that he is posting "green energy" crap on the internet.
Wow I never realized that we would not have any airplanes were it not for the kind of people who say we should not use them because they cause global warming.

Dude, this is a waste of time. Bye.
 
Not only a waste of time, but his opinion in no way matters. The people that need energy will make generation decisions based on real world situations, not on the opinions of people on message boards. And those people right now are putting more money into renewable generation than fossil fuel or nuclear generation. Simple fact.
 
Not only a waste of time, but his opinion in no way matters. The people that need energy will make generation decisions based on real world situations, not on the opinions of people on message boards. And those people right now are putting more money into renewable generation than fossil fuel or nuclear generation. Simple fact.
Unlike you and your sock puppets who delude themselves that their opinion matters and are posting it 15 - 25 000 times per year I posted only ~ 700 per year only to flush the tons of crap you guys splatter here down the sewer.
And I am having fun doing it, more so after seeing how it pisses you off and because it`s so easy to do.
And those people right now are putting more money into renewable generation than fossil fuel or nuclear generation. Simple fact.
Which is based on:
"Eco watch" The February Infrastructure Update from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reported that 98 percent of power plants built in the first two months of 2018 were renewable
During January and February, the U.S. saw an additional 2,173 megawatts of electricity generation constructed.

And is a joke because it`s not even enough for what 2000 village residents need, unless it`s backed by conventional power plants to make up for what the renewables could not deliver when it was needed.
Compare that to:
Many natural gas-fired power plants under construction are near major shale plays - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
May 19, 2016
Many natural gas-fired power plants under construction are near major shale plays
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Growth in natural gas-fired generation capacity is expected to continue over the next several years, as 18.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity comes online between 2016 and 2018.
And we are supposed to be impressed by "renewables": During January and February, the U.S. saw an additional 2,173 megawatts of electricity generation constructed.
So what happened before that in the other 10 months, the cherries they did not pick ?
Tell me after you took your Valium and finished your tantrum....or not because it really does not matter to me or the US energy information administration what you say.
 
Windkraft: TÜV sieht in den Anlagen „tickende Zeitbomben“ - WELT
I`ll post the quotes in German and translate each one
Windkraftanlagen werden zu „tickenden Zeitbomben“
Wind energy parks are turning into ticking time bombs

Anfang Januar im Landkreis Schaumburg: In einer Windkraftanlage fällt die Steuerungselektronik aus, der Rotor kann sich nicht mehr nach dem Wind ausrichten. „Nachdem zuerst einige Teile eines Rotorblattes zerbrachen, knickte der Turm des circa 70 Meter hohen Windrades gegen 13.30 Uhr ein und die gesamte Anlage stürzte zu Boden“, heißt es im Bericht der Polizeiinspektion Nienburg.

Schaumburg, January Police report:
A failure of the electronic system which orients the rotor direction caused rotor blades to disintegrate and shortly after at 13:30 the entire structure collapsed crashing to the ground


Zwei Wochen später bei Bad Driburg: An einem Windrad brechen zwei Rotorblätter ab, eines liegt hundert Meter entfernt im Wald. „Ein dickes Rohr hat sich wie ein Pfeil in die Erde gebohrt“, berichtet die „Neue Westfälische“: „Im dichten Nebel sieht die Landschaft um das zerstörte Windrad aus wie ein Kriegsschauplatz.“

Bad Driburg 2 weeks later : 2 rotor blades break off a wind turbine. One landed 100 meters from the site and a heavy pipe was bored into the ground like a projectile. The site looked like a war zone.

Acht Wochen darauf im westfälischen Borchen: Bei einer 115 Meter hohen Anlage ist die Bremstechnik nicht installiert. Der Rotor dreht sich immer schneller, bis zwei der 56 Meter langen Flügel „in einer Wolke aus Glas, Kunststoff und Füllmaterial zerfetzen“, wie das „Westfalen-Blatt“ schreibt. „Messerscharfe Glasfasersplitter“ fliegen 800 Meter weit.

Borchen, Westfalen, 8 weks later. A faulty break mechanism on the 115 meter high wind turbine failed to limit rotor speed.. 2 of the 56 meter rotor blades exploded into a cloud of glass, plastic and filler material and razor sharp fiberglass splinters shot as far as 800 meters


These are just some examples and the number of such incidents is growing. The TÜV is planning to treat wind turbines like other industrial sites in the future which means much more stringent requirements have to be met to get the materials and construction certified.

Meanwhile another analysis showed that even in windy areas turbines interfere with each other when 10 MW per square kilometer are present that they can only deliver 11% of that.
The Max Planck institute which was part of the study determined that even in good areas for wind turbines you can hardly expect more than 1 watt per square meter.
Sounds about right... One disintegration per 50 turbines every year...
Again, stinky 'facts' from the broad ass of Silly Billy. Here are the real figures;


Annual blade failures estimated at around 3,800


14 May 2015 by Shaun Campbell

WORLDWIDE: Wind turbine rotor blades are failing at a rate of around 3,800 a year, 0.54% of the 700,000 or so blades that are in operation worldwide.

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Siemens was forced to curtail 700 turbines worldwide after a B53 failure
The figures, from research carried out by renewable energy undewriter GCube, were delivered by Andrew Bellamy, former head of Areva's 8MW blade programme, in his opening address to Windpower Monthly's blade manufacturing and composites conference in London on 12 May.

Bellamy, co-founder of renewables advisory firm Aarufield, pointed out that blade failures are the primary cause of insurance claims in the US onshore market. They account for over 40% of claims, ahead of gearboxes (35%) and generators (10%).

The wind industry also faces a struggle to secure the carbon fibre materials it needs for lighter and stronger blade designs, warned Bellamy.

"There's growing competition for these materials from the automotive and aerospace industries," he said. "And they are willing, and able, to pay more than we are."

Recent examples of blade failures include a blade from a Vestas V90 3MW turbine that snapped on a wind farm in the north of Denmark last year. At the time, Vestas said the winds were not particularly high.

In another case last year, GE was forced to replace 33 blade on its turbines at a Michigan wind farm after a blade broke on the project.

GE put the failure down to a "spar cap anomaly". It was the second such incident involving the 1.6-100 model, and was followed by a third at the 94MW Orangeville wind farm in New York State, also in November.

Possibly the biggest blade issue was faced by Siemens in 2013 when it was forced to curtail around 700 turbines worldwide. This was caused by a bonding failure in its B53 blade.







For more see Windpower Monthly's Blade Inspection Damage And Repair Forum. This year’s edition will be held 28-30 September.

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You don't have a damn clue do you... Do you know how many blades are removed and re-manufactured before total failure?

Not to mention hydraulic systems, bearings, gears and other major components that require constant repairs and replacements..
 
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