Structural Failure News Today

“Late on Sunday morning … walkers reported suspicious noises and observations of a wind turbine that was still rotating in the Hainhaus/Bad-König-Kimbach wind farm area,” the police said its report. “Larger components were also lying below the system on the ground and in the adjacent forest area.”

A hailstorm earlier this month has damaged thousands of solar panels at the 350-MW Fighting Jays Solar Farm in Fort Bend County, Texas, KTRK (ABC13) reports. “Golf ball”-sized hail fell in the area on March 15, and aerial footage captured from a helicopter offered a glimpse at the extent of the damage. Fighting Jays Solar Farm’s website says insurance policies are in place to cover catastrophic events like hail storms.

A fire at a wind farm in South Australia has destroyed a $2.2 million turbine. The fire in Redhill, 178km north of Adelaide, saw 30ha of grass scorched as five fire crews from the Farm Fire Unit continued to battle the blaze on Tuesday afternoon.

Viking Energy has confirmed rumours that there was a fire at its onshore wind farm in Shetland following social media speculation. “Shetland Fire and Rescue attended the Viking Windfarm site in the early hours of 29th December in response to a fire which had broken out next to one of the turbines,” Viking Energy confirmed.

The hangar was still under construction at the time of the collapse

Walkers enjoying a quiet stroll in the Welsh countryside captured a shocking sight on Sunday, after a wind turbine burst into flames before exploding. Nick Blasdale, 61, and his wife Alison, 59, were left stunned when they saw burning parts of a turbine fall more than 100ft to the ground.

A bridge section at the Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill has collapsed.

Firefighters have been called to a blaze at a wind turbine in west Wales that sent burning debris tumbling to the ground. Walkers reported seeing the 100ft wind turbine billowing with smoke and flames, before a section fell to the ground and “exploded”.

A bridge at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill has collapsed, temporarily closing the area.

A part of a blade from one of the wind turbines at the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in the UK has broken off after the wind turbine blade sustained damage. According to information in a Notice to Mariners from Humber Gateway OWF Control Room, the part of the damaged blade, approximately 20 metres long, has fallen into the sea and is likely adrift or submerged. The Notice was issued on 8 January, with the part that detached reported as unaccounted for.