Another wind turbine blade breaks off in Iowa

KCCI ^ | 20 Oct 2020 | Todd Magel

[DUMBGRUNT]

FOR A SECOND TIME IN TWO MONTHS, A WIND TURBINE BLADE BROKE OFF. THE LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED THURSDAY IN GREENE COUNTY. MID-AMERICAN SAYS IN BOTH CASES THE BLADE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A SPECIFIC TYPE OF LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM. 18,000-pound wind turbine blade breaks in Adair County

[DUMBGRUNT]

Doesn't look like duct tape will work for this mess.

[DUMBGRUNT]

https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-drone-video-shows-wind-turbine-blade-ripped-into-nearby-field/34076793

[BradyLS]

Those things are huge. A blade can be larger than a tractor-trailer. Such a wind turbine is whirling three of those blades at one time.

[GnuThere]

I saw a bunch of these being hauled around on trucks last year when I visited S.D.
I had no idea what scale they were up close - absolutely massive.

[HereInTheHeartland]

I have driven past a couple of broken ones here in Iowa .
There are a lot of wind turbines .
Warren buffets money and federal tax subsidies

[caww]

Unless people have been up close to these beasts they don't realize how huge they are.

[caww]

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled

[Rebelbase]

The farmer who rents the field says he’s not a fan of wind turbines.

I bet if he owned the land and received a royalty on the energy produced he’d sing a different tune.

[Blood of Tyrants]

And when they reach the end of their life cycle, they aren’t recyclable. They are simply cut up and buried.

[caww]

Here's ONE Wind Blade being transported.....

[CurlyDave]

And when they reach the end of their life cycle, they aren’t recyclable. They are simply cut up and buried.

It is a public service. They are creating a "find" for future archeologists.

[caww]

I know a guy who's currently doing a deal for his farmland to be used for a $20 million Solar Energy Project. Just a few years ago the oil companies Fracked his property as well. So he'll be getting royalties from both.

[TigersEye]

Nine freaking tons per blade? That’s amazing!

I can’t imagine that the profit can sustain the maintenance costs.
Same for solar farms.

[Viking2002]

I count at least two workers inside the one in the pic you posted. They have a bunch of these along mountain ridges back home, and even at a distance, you can see how gargantuan they are. If a blade snapped off and hit someone, they’d be pulverized in a microsecond.

[caww]

3-Line-6-Axle-wind-turbine-blade-

[caww]

Wind turbine blades are in position on trucks, which will soon transport them to their final destination of Isabella Wind in Rosebush, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 at Port Fisher in Bay City

[caww]

I understand they’re difficult to repair and sustain as well.

[caww]

if one hit you your dead.

[Starcitizen]

Cheap Crap Chinese Communist manufacturing

[caww]

Here they are changing out one of them..