Sentences with phrase «turbines catching fire»
Today's research suggests that incidents of wind turbines catching fire are a big problem that is not currently being fully reported.
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We've seen the reports of turbines catching fire and the reports of bird and bat kills.
Wind turbines catch fire because highly flammable materials such as hydraulic oil and plastics are in close proximity to machinery and electrical wires.
I phoned Jeff Grappone, of Siemens USA after the turbine caught fire in 2015.
What follows is a video posted at Youtube showing how a wind turbine caught fire and self - destructed in a spectacular fashion.
Wind turbines catch fire more often than is reported, likely three times more often than reported, and the wind energy sector has the most industrial accidents of any energy sector.
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It seems that the built - in protection from lightning - strike given to wind turbines stops them catching fire as a result of those lighting - strikes.
Oklahoma Forestry Services reports that on March 28 a wind turbine two miles south of Weatherford caught fire, throwing sparks to the ground.
Weatherford, Okla. — Several residents near Weatherford caught video of a wind turbine on fire on Wednesday afternoon.
In fact, a few years ago, a battery the size of a trailer installed next to a wind turbine on Hawaà ¯ to store its intermittent energy caught fire by itself and burned to the ground.
What happens when a wind turbine in a remote Maine forest catches fire in tinder dry conditions and, even worse, fire is fanned by winds (ironically)?