Posted on 12/10/2024 2:09:50 PM PST by george76
Owners of a solar farm torn to pieces were among those counting the cost of killer Storm Darragh - as recovery work was ongoing on Monday.
Hundreds of panels at the giant 190-acre Porth Wen solar farm in Anglesey, North Wales - only built two years ago - were blown off their mountings, some ripped to shreds.
The site at Llanbadrig, in the north of the island which is owned by French power firm EDF Energy and powers up to 9,500 households, now needs significant repairs.
Elsewhere on the island of Anglesey, blades were sheared off a wind turbine which then reportedly caught fire.
Work was continuing yesterday to reconnect thousands of homes left without power and reopen a string of railway lines in Wales and the West Country which were blocked by fallen trees.
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Storm Darragh brought severe gusts which reached 96mph at Berry Head, Devon, and gales to the whole Irish Sea coast extending eastwards inland.
A rare red weather warning was issued for the west of England and Wales warning people not to go out unless essential and avoid making journeys by road.
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EDF Renewables UK spokesperson said: 'Unfortunately our Porth Wen Solar Farm has sustained damage during Storm Darragh. We are currently assessing the extent of the damage and conducting a controlled clean up.
'Once the initial recovery efforts are complete and the damage is fully assessed, we will carry out a full investigation and when safe to do so, resume generation. Repair work and the replacement of damaged panels is expected to carry on into early 2025.'
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oh, the humanity!
what a surprise. Who would have thought flimsy solar panels would be damaged in a storm?
So, the windmill farms must have compensated for this loss, right. Right?
You pays your monies, you takes your chances.
and wind turbine blades were sheared off , then caught fire.
Who could possibly guessed this could happen?
There was a huuuuuuuge floating solar farm on a lake in Indonesia. The pictures were of a calm, almost pristine lake with the solar panels floating on the surface. When the first big storm hit......well....... Pristine was gone. It looked like the solar panels had been processed by a garbage disposal.
Man plans, and God laughs.
I’ll bet it did a job on the wind farms as well.
Well it certainly is helping net zero. Producing zero electricity will keep all of those pesky citizens from doing things like heating and cooking meals. And if a few old cogers succumb to the cold so what, there are millions of third world primitives to take their places on the dole and vote labor forever.
One is the UAE. Lots and lots of sunshine and pretty close to the equator. Another is the Australian Outback. Same traits as the UAE. The third is the Southwest...Arizona,etc.
North Wales? Basically no sunshine...and quite a distance from the equator.
Has Gaia been appeased yet or do more solar panels need to be sacrificed?
“Man plans, and God laughs.”
Also:
Man proposes, God disposes.
A robust North American hail storm will demolish a solar farm in minutes.
And nasty ol coal plants built sturdily 50 years ago can weather storms.
May it forever Rest in Pieces.
Huh. Well, with all those pieces of busted up solar panels littering the soil, with all that gallium, indium, and arsenic, it’s a toxic waste cleanup site, now.
And those underground gas lines....amazing...
If they had a coal or gas or nuclear plant then there would not be a problem.
and wind turbines only generate electricity when the wind is at an optimal level. doubt if any solar/wind was generated during the peak of the storm.
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