An ‘unusual and rare’ wind turbine failure is littering Nantucket beaches with debris, angering locals

Accuweather/CNN ^ | 19 Jul 2024 | Ella Nilsen

[powerset]

Debris from a broken offshore wind turbine has for days been washing up on the Nantucket [MA] shore, prompting beach closures and frustrating locals at the peak of the summer season.

[powerset]

"Unusual and rare" today, maybe. But in 10 years??

[Indy Pendance]

‘unusual and rare’

[Steely Tom]

How rare?

Very, terribly rare. Almost unheard of.

[Red Badger]

They voted for it. Embrace the suck........

[Red Badger]

Safe and Effective.........

[KamperKen]

https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1347145/annual-blade-failures-estimated-around-3800

.54% blade failure rate per year or 3800 known instances. Doesn’t strike me as very rare.

[Steely Tom]

Mostly peaceful.

Partial Zero Emissions.

[Indy Pendance]

[Parley Baer]

Yes, extremely, extremely rare. Bwahahahahahaha

[Indy Pendance]

They get paid to have them on their land. Stop the payout, no windmills

[Jonty30]

Multiply that over a ten year period. There will probably be a near 100% failure over 10 years.

[Indy Pendance]

Wait until they start rusting. They kill birds.

[JayGalt]

At least when they fail bird lives are saved....

[aquila48]

Looks like Don Quixote got the best of that one!

[Henchster]

From the article:
The SHARDS of turbine forced officials to close beaches earlier this week, though they have since reopened. Mohr said the town would monitor for additional debris and adjust schedules accordingly.

“Public safety is our most immediate concern, these fiberglass pieces are quite SHARP,” Mohr said, making swimming unsafe.

From the movie:
Vaughn: Martin, i-it's all psychological. You yell `barracuda!', everybody says `huh, what?'. You yell `SHARDS!' and we've got a panic on our hands on the fourth of July. --- Okay you, you can take us back now.

[SuperLuminal]

Lie down with dogs, don’t complain about the fleas... (An old saying)

[Huskrrrr]

Turbines produce clean energy, how can they produce garbage?

[DIRTYSECRET]

I thought the Kennedy’s wouldn’t allow them to be built.

[bimboeruption]

Good thing John (Purple Heart) Kerry sold his estate on Nantucket and moved to Martha's Vineyard.

It would be a real shame if he crashed into massive turbine blade while windsurfing.

[oldtech]

That damage was caused by a tornado 7 miles away?? Past time to forget about the wind turbines! Who pays for this damage?