Vestas blade failure ohio. Vestas and developer edpr issue statements over a blade failure at the timber road 4 wind farm in the us state of ohio. Vestas which operates the lal lal wind farm east of ballarat said there were no injuries and no further damage to the turbine structure as a result of the loss of the blade. Another vestas wind turbine blade breaks and falls this time in iowa warren buffett owned midamerican energy idles 46 wind turbines at iowa wind farms after a 50m long turbine blade snapped and. About 640pm during the storm a blade fell to the ground from a v 136 36 megawatt turbine.
Vestas edpr probe blade failure at ohio wind farm. In august vestas reported an extraordinary warranty provision of 175m to conduct upgrades and repairs of blades relating to high intensity lightning. The companies issued a joint statement saying they could not speculate on claims about possible causes made on twitter. Vestas and edpr to investigate why v150 blade broke off at ohio site.
Vestas and developer edpr issue statements over a blade failure at the timber road 4 wind farm in the us state of ohio. Vestas and developer edp renewables are investigating after the blade of a v150 42mw turbine at the 125mw timber road 4 project broke off. Sign in to vote like. Turbine manufacturer vestas and developer edpr are investigating a blade failure at the timber road 4 wind farm in the us state of ohio.
Blade repairs and upgrades hit vestas q2 earnings. Danish wind turbine manufacturer vestas has posted another quarterly loss due to extraordinary warranty on a considerable number of blades and re introduced a guidance for all of 2020 expecting a lower profitability than seen earlier this year. Lal lal wind farm operators have confirmed a lightning strike caused a giant wind turbine blade to break and fall to the ground during a storm on sunday. According to midamerican the broken blades were exposed to a direct or nearby lightning strike.
A blade on a v150 42mw was heavily damaged in the incident. No one was injured. Sign in to continue. Vestas edpr probe blade failure at ohio wind farm.
Sep 9 2020 736 am gmt sep 9 2020 115 pm gmt. All four of the failures have involved blades manufactured by vestas.
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