Wind turbine blade snaps and falls off in Plymouth

Stunning video from Buzzards Bay in Plymouth shows a broken wind turbine after one of the blades became detached on Friday afternoon. The blade fell into a cranberry bog below the turbine.

Wind turbine blades fall off in the backyard of insurance giant

All three blades have fallen off a single wind turbine located on the grounds of British insurance company Aviva in Perth, Scotland.

Vestas Turbine Blade Breaks at 130MW Sormarkfjellet Wind Farm in

Operations at the 130MW Sormarkfjellet wind farm in Norway have been halted after a turbine blade partially fell to the ground, energy company Aneo confirmed. The wind farm, located in

''Three large blade pieces.'' Vineyard Wind wind turbine blade snaps

After part of a blade on one of the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore turbines broke off and fell into the ocean over the weekend, the company put two teams to work on Tuesday to seek out and...

Siemens Gamesa wind turbine loses 22-tonne blade in Norway

COPENHAGEN, April 11 (Reuters) - A 72-metre (236 ft) long blade fell off a wind turbine in Norway late on Wednesday, the Odal Vind wind farm said, adding that no one had been hurt in the incident.

Siemens Gamesa blade collapses at troubled wind farm in Norway

The collapse of the 71-metre-long (232 ft) wind turbine blade comes at a time when nearly half of the machines at the site are not working amid an ongoing process conducted by turbine maker

Company says manufacturing problem was behind wind turbine blade

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The maker of a massive wind turbine blade that broke apart off Nantucket Island and washed up on the beaches says a manufacturing problem was responsible.

Siemens Gamesa wind turbine loses 22-ton blade in Norway

COPENHAGEN, April 11 (Reuters) - A Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blade weighing 22 metric tons fell off the machinery on Wednesday but no one was hurt, the Odal Vind wind farm in Norway...

A turbine blade fell off in Norway. Does the wind industry have a

But the 163-megawatt development in remote eastern Norway, whose turbines are made by German group Siemens Gamesa, has remained offline since the incident, its second major

Falling Wind Turbine Blades: An ''Unusual and Rare'' Event

In December of 2023 all three blades were torn off a turbine in Ayrshire, Scotland during a storm. The Daily Mail described it as “the blades suddenly (coming) loose and flung across a

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