Wind Generator blows up

16 seconds in-Even the big boys can get it wrong...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Wind
• Generator
• turbine
• explodes
• failure
• environment
• mechanics
• catastrophic

[g00dsir555]

well it produced a shitload of power at least

[coltsimmons]

fatality

[capo2k8]

Gears failed.

[oldfart387]

@xlr8up Very interesting but they need to think through the problems first. Al Gore says one of his stupid remarks and 'wind-power is wonderful', maybe, but impractical. Then he mutters something about ethanol and everyone jumps on the band-wagon. In doing that, cattle breeders don't have enough feed, so grocery store prices sky-rocket!

Check all of the problems ahead of time OR just blow off Gore's 'suggestions'! I DO like your idea though. Very interesting!

[xlr8up]

If you're on an island surrounded by the sea, a better alternative to costly, unsightly wind-farm turbines which produce very little compared to the little-known, highly profitable power derived from kinetic energy of undersea oceanic currents.

Search YouTube for "CETO Wave Power" an you'll see why ruining the landscape is simply not necessary...

Wave action energy is more economical, needs less maintenance, generates power at a fraction of the cost and less a couple of buoys, totally invisible.

[Aluciel286]

wasn't really the "explosion" i was thinking of, kinda just broke apart, still entertaining though

[frank0067]

what idiot built that

[ELECTROHOUSEMADE]

it hit the tree branches....

[ELECTECHNUT]

It's funny, I watched this video twice but I still didn't see any people dying on an oil-platform, or dead sea-life washing up on beaches. I didn't see any nuclear radiation that was going to destroy thousands of lives, and hundreds of miles of land, for thousands of years. I thought if I watched it twice I could see terrorists using oil-money to kill Americans. Hmm, maybe I'll watch it a third time.

[zapityzapzap]

At least it was only one of the smaller ones.

[quirpco]

Chuck Norris must've sneezed nearby.

[HaseltonT]

generators can only create energy in a small window of rpm's most wind turbines need 12-26 mph winds. The windsail receptor has a bigger window, thi is a perfect example why this design is soon to be obsolete.