How hurricane-force winds caused a wind turbine to explode

In December 2011, a wind turbine exploded during a storm, triggering claims that turbines cannot cope with extreme weather. A new report details what happened.

How hurricane-force winds caused a wind turbine to

In December 2011, a wind turbine exploded during a storm,

Nantucket wind turbine failure was ''highly unusual and rare.'' But it

The massive offshore wind turbine blade that broke near Nantucket was one of several recent failures of blades made by GE Vernova – a top US wind turbine manufacturer.

Broken Windmill Blade Closes Nantucket Beaches

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

When a Wind Turbine Exploded: Denmark 2008 Safety Lesson

In 2008, a serious accident at a wind turbine in Denmark exposed a critical failure mode in modern wind energy systems. A control-system fault caused the rotor brakes to lock while the...

300-foot piece of broken wind turbine blade falls into Atlantic Ocean

A piece of a broken wind turbine blade as long as a football field fell into the sea off Nantucket, Massachusetts Thursday.

What We Know About The Cause Of The Vineyard Wind Turbine Failure So

The failure of one of Vineyard Wind''s turbine blades has shut down the ambitious offshore energy project and littered Nantucket''s beaches with debris. But what do we know so far regarding

Lightning strikes Nantucket wind turbine that last summer lost a

The turbine, identified as AW-38, had a blade break off in July. A football-field size chunk of the blade fell into the ocean, and debris has been washing up on the shores of Nantucket ever since.

Shocking moment wind turbine is blown apart after Storm Gerrit

It came as Storm Gerrit blew through Britain on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing winds of up to 85mph and causing massive travel chaos. 27,000 were also left without power by the

Why storm winds turned wind turbine into a fireball

In December 2011, a wind turbine at the coastal town of Ardrossan in the UK spectacularly exploded during a storm. Pictures of the flaming debris shower flashed across global media,