Wind turbine with broken blade!

[CleanAteist]

Doesn't matter! live with the noise, It's green power ;) 

[hynzify]

a wind turbine itself costs about 2 million per MW, we are installing 3MW's, averaging around 5-6 million

[Sizuykeks]

It could be just brakes working - too strong wind, and it brakes to evade destruction.

[TheMrBlinx]

I couldn't see anything "broken".

[SenorSpode]

Muslim in a storm = wind turban. They make a sound, too: "Hummmmmmmmmmmmmus!"

[oracle2world]

I thought these machines sensed something amiss and automatically shut down.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

We had this problem at Westmill Wind Farm on one of our five brand new turbines - turned out the lightling conductor was standing slightly proud of the blade tip - they stopped the machine with the offending blade pointing down and sorted it out with a 'cherry picker' reach platform.

[vmorgun]

There are some types of wind turbines that are vertical axis - have shown to be 1) super quiet, virtually no sound 2) bird friendly 3) awesome

[AGDemo]

Junk!

[phatmanxxxl]

Imagine having to listen to that for who knows how many weeks.

[hillbilly786]

how in the hell.......

[ripcord1022]

It just needs some 3 in One oil.

[Antithropocentric]

People in the turbine business have minimal respect for nature and aesthetics, else they'd find another line of work. I don't see them as much different that oil & gas wildcatters. They ravage the scenery to make a buck, then leave a small maintenance crew (few local jobs). This is not true "green" energy and it gives that concept a bad name.

[koertje]

@Antithropocentric What is green energy then ?

[erik374]

the blade is not broken.

[flexairz]

the high maintenance of turbines means that they will never make any money. they are ugly, need to be subsidized, ruin the landscape, kill birds..

[cokefan3]

@flexairz It's not about the money... ITS ABOUT ZEH GOD DAMN GREEN ENERGY!

[flexairz]

@cokefan3 Sorry? Its ALL about the money. Green bills.. These wind turbines would NOT be economical with government subsidizing. So in fact you pay at least twice for the same amount energy. These wind turbines should be taken down the sooner the better.

[Scr1393]

@flexairz atleast this on wont blow up like nuclear one. and kill everything miles around.

[Touhou1990]

@Scr1393 That's not how nuclear power plants work. They won't blow up, they'll melt down, and even then we now have an isolation chamber built around each reactor that is made to contain the radiation in the event there is a melt down.

[Scr1393]

@Touhou1990 trust me, that wont help if sumthing serious happens.

[flexairz]

@Scr1393 There have been more windturbine failures than nuclear. Tell me. How many windturbines you need to give as much power as a normal power plant? Yes that many, and you still need that normal powerplant as wind power is nowhere near as reliable. And millions of dollars to subsidize the bloody things.

I say bring them all down and use the money for useful shit.

[Scr1393]

@flexairz ofc wind turbines fails more, but that doesnt make to much damage, u only lose cash, and with power plan even 1 lil boom can make disaster. and ohh well every1 have their own opinion.

[kgaydos7]

Most likely one of the blades was struck by lightning. 

[CSXRockford]

junk.

[britannysbeers]

One day one of those stupid things are going to kill someone if it hasn't happened already. Those things disrupt even wild life if installed away from populated areas!

[Lasselkv28]

Vestas V66 or V80

[trfarms]

i wouldnt take long for that to get annoying

[DFarms001]

It does get very annoying, I'm glad I don't live by it.

[johndeer7030]

wow yeah thats realy whistlin

how much do one of those blades cost?

[DFarms001]

I have no idea but it must cost alot!

[johndeer7030]

you bet there massive =O

[SuperZemanel]

@johndeer7030 about 100.000,00€ each