A wind turbine project in Plymouth, Massachusetts, remains shut down Thursday as investigators work to determine why a blade detached from one and fell into a cranberry bog last week.
Debris from a damaged wind turbine blade has been washing up on the shores of Nantucket, Mass., prompting the closure of several beaches to swimmers and spurring an
Beaches were closed in the tony beachfront town of Nantucket, Massachusetts when an offshore windmill blade exploded into pieces, many of which washed ashore, endangering
A blade broke off of a wind turbine and landed in a cranberry bog in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Friday. It happened in the area of Head of the Bay Road near the Bourne town line just before 2...
Within hours of fiberglass from a broken offshore wind turbine washing ashore on Nantucket, clean energy and anti-wind advocates jumped on the story, and two competing narratives
Through precise wind turbine blade repair, technicians can clean the corroded areas, apply anti-corrosion treatments, and reseal the surface to extend the blade''s operational life.
Abstract: A review of the root causes and mechanisms of damage and failure to wind turbine blades is presented in this paper. In particular, the mechanisms of leading edge erosion, adhesive joint
Just last May, a turbine blade in the Dogger Bank Wind Farm—a 277-turbine, 3.6-gigawatt offshore wind project roughly 62 miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne, England—crumbled
Despite six truckloads of debris (so far) from the 70-ton Vineyard Wind turbine blade that fell apart on July 13 being carted away, pieces of fiberglass, foam, and plastic continue to be spotted
A blade that fell from a 300-foot-tall turbine and into a Massachusetts cranberry bog has sparked critics of wind energy to renew their call for the state Legislature to back away from its...
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