7 May 2005Down on the farmOne of the more reasonable objections to power production by wind turbine is "What if you get enough wind to blow down a turbine?" Well, there wasn't that much wind yesterday 12 mph or so but a tower at an FPL Energy wind farm near Weatherford snapped: two-thirds of the structure came crashing to the ground. The turbine had been operating for only a week when it broke; officials are at a loss to explain how it happened. Power delivery was unaffected. (Addendum, 9 May, 1 pm: The Faulking Truth reports from the field hat tip to JMBranum.) Posted at 9:11 AM to SoonerlandSabotage by Birds Against Wind Turbine Carnage. Posted by: McGehee at 9:20 AM on 7 May 2005 |