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Dangers of wind energy: Nova Scotia wind turbine catches fire

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March 18, 2019, 02:18:18 PM
WEST PUBNICO, N.S. - A towering wind turbine went up in flames Friday at a wind farm located at the edge of a southern Nova Scotia community.



The West Pubnico fire department responded just after 5 p.m. to monitor the rotating blades and make sure flaming debris did not start additional fires on the ground. Fire department chief Gordon Amiro said the fire burned itself out after about an hour, once all flammable materials had burned up. Amiro lives a few kilometres away from the wind farm and said he arrived about five minutes after the call.



The tower, which he estimated at over 90 metres tall, was "all aflame.""It was something we'd never seen, for sure. And we couldn't get near it," he said.



Firefighters were unable to get close enough to put the fire out directly because of the turbine's height and movement of the blades — and it couldn't be turned off with the gearbox on fire.



"It was too dangerous to get close to it," Amiro said. "Because of the length of the blades and the blades were turning, you didn't know where they were going to go when they fell."



The department was stationed a few hundred metres away, watching as material burned off and fell from the turbine, advising curious onlookers from the nearby residential area to keep away.



Amiro said only the frame was left standing when he left the scene.He said the incident could have been worse in summer or early fall when the dry ground is more flammable.



The 17-turbine wind farm is located on the southern tip of Pubnico Point in Nova Scotia's Yarmouth County.

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Anonymous

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March 18, 2019, 02:37:51 PM
Thee are a lot of wind farms in South West Alberta..



I know they use a lot of land to produce small amounts of electricity, and slaughter a lot of birds and bats..



But, I haven't heard about fires.

Anonymous

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March 18, 2019, 02:51:29 PM
Quote from: "Fashionista"Thee are a lot of wind farms in South West Alberta..



I know they use a lot of land to produce small amounts of electricity, and slaughter a lot of birds and bats..



But, I haven't heard about fires.

You won't hear about it unless it burns out of control.

cc

#3
March 18, 2019, 03:07:56 PM
I don't have stats, but my understanding is that fires are fairly common



Makes sense. Friction produces heat and if something is out of whack heat builds up fast - or, an electrical short will do it



This looks like 2 on fire at the same time



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October of 2013 happened that took the life of two young mechanics. Since then, all misfortunes related to wind turbines have been uncovered. But how did that incident trigger the underrated statistics? The simplest answer: it compromised safety measures.



 The two men, only 19 and 21, were burnt on top of a wind turbine in Deltawind's Piet de Wit wind farm in the Netherlands.



Both were 80 meters above ground, doing routine maintenance only for the fire to trap and chase them in the end. "Because of the height, the fire department initially had trouble extinguishing the fire in the engine room," says the Netherlands Times. It said that the fire broke out in the afternoon with help, in the form of a large crane, coming in the evening backed with a group of firefighters.



Read more at: https://gineersnow.com/industries/renewables/two-mechanics-died-wind-turbine-fire-helped-wind-industry">https://gineersnow.com/industries/renew ... d-industry">https://gineersnow.com/industries/renewables/two-mechanics-died-wind-turbine-fire-helped-wind-industry
I really tried to warn y\'all in 49  .. G. Orwell

Anonymous

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March 18, 2019, 03:20:30 PM
Quote from: "cc"I don't have stats, but my understanding is that fires are fairly common



Makes sense. Friction produces heat and if something is out of whack heat builds up fast - or, an electrical short will do it



This looks like 2 on fire at the same time



">




October of 2013 happened that took the life of two young mechanics. Since then, all misfortunes related to wind turbines have been uncovered. But how did that incident trigger the underrated statistics? The simplest answer: it compromised safety measures.



 The two men, only 19 and 21, were burnt on top of a wind turbine in Deltawind's Piet de Wit wind farm in the Netherlands.



Both were 80 meters above ground, doing routine maintenance only for the fire to trap and chase them in the end. "Because of the height, the fire department initially had trouble extinguishing the fire in the engine room," says the Netherlands Times. It said that the fire broke out in the afternoon with help, in the form of a large crane, coming in the evening backed with a group of firefighters.



Read more at: https://gineersnow.com/industries/renewables/two-mechanics-died-wind-turbine-fire-helped-wind-industry">https://gineersnow.com/industries/renew ... d-industry">https://gineersnow.com/industries/renewables/two-mechanics-died-wind-turbine-fire-helped-wind-industry
Oh my, that fire and so high up..



Perhaps, fires are common down in Pincher Creek, but they don't make the news..



I know I would never want to own a home within five kilometres of a wind farm.

Anonymous

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March 18, 2019, 06:05:44 PM
Wind is the most impractical way of trying to produce electricity. Natural gas has the smallest environmental impact per kilowatt of power produced.
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