Huge wind turbines – taller than the Statue of Liberty -- are toppling over in a ‘rash’ of incidents

American Thinker ^ | 01/23/2023 | Thomas Lifson

[SeekAndFind]

To develop meaningful amounts of power, the blades on the turbine have to be big, and when big blades spin in heavy winds, the tips can end up hitting supersonic speeds, putting great stress of the materials used to construct them. Big blades also requite tall towers, which are then subject to stresses as winds blow and can gust during storms to velocities that test the strength of the materials and the design of the towers.

[KC Burke]

In that picture it appears the foundation rotated out of the ground. That would lead me first to look at foundation design and construction as opposed to turbine construction.

[Red Badger]

[Highest Authority]

Look, a dead bird killer!

[xp38]

Well not as spectacular but I guess they’re our version of the Hindenburg.

[Red Badger]

[Cold Heart]

Damn things were vaxxinated

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow, the concrete base pulled out of the ground? That’s a very small concrete base for such a large, highly loaded structure. I can see the Chinese making such weak, undersized concrete bases. I’m shocked to see that in the USA. Unless that’s a Chinese windmill in the photo

[Red Badger]

[Magnum44]

Need better poles...

[Abathar]

Calling BS on the tips hitting supersonic speeds, no way are they going that fast and staying together. Continuous sonic boom off the tips? As it approached the speed if it jumped beyond and then below the SOS a few times the resonance of that would tear the Fiberglas apart.

[Gaffer]

This wasn’t a “buckled in half” thing. The foundation failed. Uprooted like a blown over tree. I have seen one picture where the steel part of the support tower failed, but it wasn’t from the steel tube part. It was from the weld-seam - the metal tubing didn’t ‘buckle.”

[Cobra64]

Building these white elephants use more energy and pollute the planet than what they produce. Half of em stop spinning after a few years. Wind is a gimmick to keep the global warming Moonbats at bay.

[rktman]

Blade detachement in Wisc.:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4125310/posts

[teeman8r]

gravity. damn.

[George from New England]

Foundation work by illegals, LLC.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Another large wind turbine failure in Wisconsin this week. Luckily, no one was killed.

[GaltAdonis]

Top 10 Wind Turbines Topple, Crash & Burn video

[redcatcherb412]

Darn Chinese pot metal nuts and bolts

[Churchillspirit]

Thought it was interesting when Warren Buffett said they were not a good investment.