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Re: Giant Wind Turbines Keep Mysteriously Falling Over. This Shouldn't Be Happening.
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Mitch Epstein
Aug 21, 2023, 2:45:04 AM8/21/23
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On 18 Aug 2023, "Y'all" <now...@protonmail.com> posted some
news:ubpasr$jldo$2...@dont-email.me:
> Plant them in Jill Biden's ass.
Turbine failures are on the uptick across the world, sometimes with blades
falling off or even full turbine collapses.
A recent report says production issues may be to blame for the mysterious
increase in failures.
Turbines are growing larger as quality control plans get smaller.
The taller the wind turbine, the harder they fall. And they sure are
falling.
Wind turbine failures are on the uptick, from Oklahoma to Sweden and
Colorado to Germany, with all three of the major manufacturers admitting
that the race to create bigger turbines has invited manufacturing issues,
according to a report from Bloomberg.
Multiple turbines that are taller than 750 feet are collapsing across the
world, with the tallest—784 feet in stature—falling in Germany in
September 2021. To put it in perspective, those turbines are taller than
both the Space Needle in Seattle and the Washington Monument in
Washington, D.C. Even smaller turbines that recently took a tumble in
Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Wales, and Colorado were about the height of the
Statue of Liberty.
Turbines are falling for the three largest players in the industry:
General Electric, Vestas, and Siemens Gamesa. Why? “It takes time to
stabilize production and quality on these new products,” Larry Culp, GE
CEO, said last October on an earning call, according to Bloomberg. “Rapid
innovation strains manufacturing and the broader supply chain.”
Without industrywide data chronicling the rise—and now fall—of turbines,
we’re relying on industry experts to note the flaws in the wind farming.
“We’re seeing these failures happening in a shorter time frame on the new
turbines,” Fraser McLachlan, CEO of insurer GCube Underwriting, told
Bloomberg, “and that’s quite concerning.”
The push to produce bigger wind-grabbing turbines has sped production of
the growing apparatuses. Bloomberg reports that Siemens has endured
quality control issues on a new design, Vestas has seen project delays and
quality challenges, and GE has seen an uptick in warranty costs and
repairs. And this all comes along with uncertain supply chain issues and
fluctuating material pricing.
With heights stretching taller than 850 feet, blades 300 feet long, and
energy generation abilities ratcheting up accordingly, the bigger the
turbine, the more energy it can capture. But the bigger the turbine, the
more that can go wrong—and the farther it falls.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/giant-wind-turbines-keep-
mysteriously-falling-over-this-shouldn-t-be-happening/ar-AA16EQuG
news:ubpasr$jldo$2...@dont-email.me:
> Plant them in Jill Biden's ass.
Turbine failures are on the uptick across the world, sometimes with blades
falling off or even full turbine collapses.
A recent report says production issues may be to blame for the mysterious
increase in failures.
Turbines are growing larger as quality control plans get smaller.
The taller the wind turbine, the harder they fall. And they sure are
falling.
Wind turbine failures are on the uptick, from Oklahoma to Sweden and
Colorado to Germany, with all three of the major manufacturers admitting
that the race to create bigger turbines has invited manufacturing issues,
according to a report from Bloomberg.
Multiple turbines that are taller than 750 feet are collapsing across the
world, with the tallest—784 feet in stature—falling in Germany in
September 2021. To put it in perspective, those turbines are taller than
both the Space Needle in Seattle and the Washington Monument in
Washington, D.C. Even smaller turbines that recently took a tumble in
Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Wales, and Colorado were about the height of the
Statue of Liberty.
Turbines are falling for the three largest players in the industry:
General Electric, Vestas, and Siemens Gamesa. Why? “It takes time to
stabilize production and quality on these new products,” Larry Culp, GE
CEO, said last October on an earning call, according to Bloomberg. “Rapid
innovation strains manufacturing and the broader supply chain.”
Without industrywide data chronicling the rise—and now fall—of turbines,
we’re relying on industry experts to note the flaws in the wind farming.
“We’re seeing these failures happening in a shorter time frame on the new
turbines,” Fraser McLachlan, CEO of insurer GCube Underwriting, told
Bloomberg, “and that’s quite concerning.”
The push to produce bigger wind-grabbing turbines has sped production of
the growing apparatuses. Bloomberg reports that Siemens has endured
quality control issues on a new design, Vestas has seen project delays and
quality challenges, and GE has seen an uptick in warranty costs and
repairs. And this all comes along with uncertain supply chain issues and
fluctuating material pricing.
With heights stretching taller than 850 feet, blades 300 feet long, and
energy generation abilities ratcheting up accordingly, the bigger the
turbine, the more energy it can capture. But the bigger the turbine, the
more that can go wrong—and the farther it falls.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/giant-wind-turbines-keep-
mysteriously-falling-over-this-shouldn-t-be-happening/ar-AA16EQuG
Governor Swill
Aug 21, 2023, 1:39:09 PM8/21/23
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:40:05 +0200 (CEST), Mitch Epstein <meps...@bernstein.org> wrote:
>Wind turbine failures are on the uptick, from Oklahoma to Sweden and
>Colorado to Germany, with all three of the major manufacturers admitting
>that the race to create bigger turbines has invited manufacturing issues,
>according to a report from Bloomberg.
Could we be seeing more wind turbine failures because
>Wind turbine failures are on the uptick, from Oklahoma to Sweden and
>Colorado to Germany, with all three of the major manufacturers admitting
>that the race to create bigger turbines has invited manufacturing issues,
>according to a report from Bloomberg.
*gasp* we have more wind turbines?
Swill
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