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Offshore Wind Accident: Orsted Asks for ‘No-Sail Zones’ After Turbine Breaks Into Sea
gCaptain ^ | 6 April 2022 | Mike Schuler

Posted on 04/08/2022 5:47:14 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Orsted report Wednesday that a rotor and three blades separated from the nacelle of one of the offshore wind turbines at its 400 megawatt (MW) Anholt Offshore Wind Farm and fell into the sea. No injuries were reported from the accident. But as a precautionary measure, Orsted is requesting authories establish temporary ‘no-sail zones’ at other wind farms using the same turbines as the one that failed.

The Anholt Offshore Wind Farm was commissioned in 2013 and consists of 111 Siemens-Gamesa 3.6 MW wind turbines. Other farms using the turbines include West of Duddon Sands, Lincs, Gunfleet Sands, Burbo Bank and Walney 1 & 2, all in the UK, Borkum Riffgrund 1 in Germany, and Avedøre Holme in Denmark.

(Excerpt) Read more at gcaptain.com ...


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KEYWORDS: wind
I don't care what your good buddy told you; J-B weld will not get this sucker back to spinning!
1 posted on 04/08/2022 5:47:14 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

But that, combined with duct tape won’t?? What is the world coming to?


2 posted on 04/08/2022 5:51:37 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

3 posted on 04/08/2022 5:54:44 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Stupid windmills. Big, ugly feckless things that blight the landscape and apparently the seascape too.

Lunacy to put these things everywhere.


4 posted on 04/08/2022 5:57:53 PM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: DUMBGRUNT

We just had a report of eagles killed by the turbines.

Now, it’s sharks.


5 posted on 04/08/2022 6:00:50 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Falling apart at thee seams ,LOL


6 posted on 04/08/2022 6:03:12 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: DUMBGRUNT
The blades come off from time to time.


7 posted on 04/08/2022 6:07:27 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (ui)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Have they tried Gorilla Glue?

It works on jheri curls.


8 posted on 04/08/2022 6:10:23 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Made in China, just like their cheap toys.


9 posted on 04/08/2022 6:37:33 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: seowulf

—”Have they tried Gorilla Glue?

It works on jheri curls.”

I’d be very careful about mentioning gorillas and jheri curls together.

You could easily end up on double-secret probation, or something?


10 posted on 04/08/2022 6:37:41 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Just call Phil!


11 posted on 04/08/2022 6:39:15 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Are you ready, kids?
(Aye, aye, captain!)
I can't hear you!
(Aye, aye, captain!)
Oooooooooohhhh...

What looks like a propeller under the sea?
(Green Energy LiarPants!)
Broken, wasteful, and non-recycleable is he?
(Green Energy LiarPants!)
Who's wind driven nonsense be something you wish?
(Green Energy LiarPants!)
So break off your tower and kill some more fish!
(Green Energy LiarPants!)

Green Energy LiarPaaaaaaants!
Ah, ha ha, hahahahahahahahaha!

12 posted on 04/08/2022 6:41:43 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The tips of the those turbine blades are spinning at close to 200mph.


13 posted on 04/08/2022 6:45:36 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: DarrellZero

Absolutely the stupidest way to generate power imaginable.

We drove through the Columbia River Gorge a couple weeks ago. Used to be one of the most magnificent vistas in the USA. Now it’s covered in thousands of these infernal machines. And, when we drove through, NONE were turning.


14 posted on 04/08/2022 6:47:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I identify as” is another way of saying “I pretend to be”)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

—”The blades come off from time to time.”

Yes but this was all three and the rotor into the drink in one move!


15 posted on 04/08/2022 6:50:33 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

My uncle established an equation that related stress cycles
to fatigue failure. (in the late 30’s)
Live and learn; die and forget it all.


16 posted on 04/08/2022 7:31:29 PM PDT by sasquatch
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I know, right? But I didn’t make it up, Tessica Brown did.

Personal injury lawyers share whether or not ‘Gorilla Glue Girl’ Tessica Brown has a case in court

https://www.insider.com/tessica-brown-gorilla-glue-hair-lawyers-weigh-in-2021-2


17 posted on 04/08/2022 7:32:19 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Alien tape?


18 posted on 04/09/2022 12:14:36 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: seowulf

—”‘G-——— Glue G-—’ Tessica Brown”

Oh no!!!
Please, please do not send that type of message directly to my account! I haven’t been banned in a long time.

If you must please use the current version of OPEN PGP and send a private reply.

https://www.openpgp.org/

I’m saving my ammo for when really needed and a mob in front of my position might aggravate the dogs.

Thank You.

Also, see:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3934981/posts


19 posted on 04/09/2022 8:15:49 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Sorry!

Loose lips sinks ships and OPSEC and all that.

I understand.


20 posted on 04/09/2022 8:33:10 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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