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No one hurt except the taxpayers were hammered to near extinction.
1 posted on 11/23/2020 10:35:39 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

WIND TURBINE WITHOUT BLADES NOR GEARS IS what THEY NEDED!

lIKE THIS ONE:

https://vortexbladeless.com/technology-design/

Vortex Bladeless is a vortex induced vibration resonant wind generator. It harnesses wind energy from a phenomenon of vorticity called Vortex Shedding. Basically, bladeless technology consists of a cylinder fixed vertically with an elastic rod. The cylinder oscillates on a wind range, which then generates electricity through an alternator system. In other words, it is a wind turbine which is not actually a turbine.

I want one!


2 posted on 11/23/2020 10:37:46 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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Wouldn’t it be ironic if it fell on Greta.


3 posted on 11/23/2020 10:37:47 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Physical injury and legal injury are two different things. Taxpayers were injured.


4 posted on 11/23/2020 10:38:23 AM PST by SpaceBar
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came crashing down on the snow during the weekend as high winds swept across the region

Did they not expect this wind?

Maybe when they rebuild they should choose a location where there is no wind.

6 posted on 11/23/2020 10:42:00 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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So they don’t work when there’s no wind and they fall over when there is high wind.

Excellent.


8 posted on 11/23/2020 10:48:25 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid! )
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Wind mill working? I don’t get it. šŸ‚šŸ’©šŸ˜‚šŸ™Œ


9 posted on 11/23/2020 10:51:51 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Sweden disappears for two weeks.

No one notices.


10 posted on 11/23/2020 10:57:10 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancerā€)
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11 posted on 11/23/2020 10:58:55 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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Swede’s were tilting at windmills to begin with.


12 posted on 11/23/2020 10:59:00 AM PST by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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It had the wind knocked out of it.


13 posted on 11/23/2020 11:12:58 AM PST by AJFavish (www.allanfavish.com)
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Hilariousā€¦ makes one wonder why this particular IWT failure got so much attention. The various articles I found about this failure keep mentioning that ā€˜no construction people got hurtā€™ which makes one wonder if this IWT had ever run. It of course has to have some info that indicates it was rareā€¦ yup, the mandatory statement that it was the first such incident in Sweden.

Apparently the picture at the article about the IWT failure this weekend is for the next failureā€¦.

https://renewablesnow.com/news/tower-bolts-failure-led-to-2015-collapse-of-vestas-turbine-in-sweden-559782/ ā€¦wait a minute, so this failure was in Sweden too? So I guess the one this past weekend wasnā€™t the first one. This is quite an interesting failureā€¦. says that the analysis indicated the tower bolts fatigued after 3 years. ā€œAccording to the authority, the joint failure is due to fatigue in the bolts that had held together the joint, resulting from the bolts, tower sections and tools not being protected from rain and snow during the installation.ā€ Thatā€™s a very specific failure mechanismā€¦. Are they saying that there was ice on the flange that prevented the sections from being bolted up tight together during construction and so the bolts were not torqued as tight as they should have been after the ice melted?

https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/first-findings-in-vestas-v150-blade-plunge-point-to-isolated-incident/2-1-887806 And while taking a look at the previous link, this one pops upā€¦. this one was a ā€˜blade plungeā€™ which of course definitely allows it to qualify as being an ā€˜isolated incidentā€™. None of the other failures involved a blade PLUNGE.

https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1694007/vestas-edpr-investigate-why-v150-blade-broke-off-ohio-site ā€¦..and this one. Very interesting picture at this one and at the bottom of the piece, it says thisā€¦ ā€œCEO Henrik Andersen told reporters at a press conference that the issue was related to “high-intensity lightning”.ā€ Iā€™m almost inclined to believe itā€¦. if that blade had of broke up while the thing was spinning, the tower wouldn’t have been left standing due to the massive out of balance forces. Itā€™s almost as if lighting hit the peak point, broke the blade and it flopped over. What is interesting is that the blade would have snapped at the point that it didā€¦ say 25 feet from the hub. Why there?

It looks like all of these were Vestas IWTs in the 3 to 4 meg size range. All except for the second one occurred just in the last couple of months. Vestas must be reeling after hits like thisā€¦. and thatā€™s just the ones that popped up in a matter of minutes of surfing.


22 posted on 11/23/2020 11:54:04 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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If a Giant wind turbine collapses in northern Sweden, does it make a sound?


24 posted on 11/23/2020 12:12:18 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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25 posted on 11/23/2020 12:18:08 PM PST by Gamecock ("The prosperity gospel is exactly like marrying someone for their money." -Sean Demars)
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A 755 feet tall wind turbine in Arctic Sweden came crashing down on the snow.
The snow cushioned the fall......


31 posted on 11/23/2020 6:40:39 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party )
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Some Thread Background Music

"Let The Four Winds Blow" - Fats Domino
(youtube song link)

33 posted on 11/23/2020 7:02:00 PM PST by Songcraft
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