Saturday, February 25, 2012
"Hurricanes deliver fatal blows to wind turbines"
I can only say this so many times.
In our zeal to find alternative energy sources, we apparently refrain from due diligence.
If the planned site for your new home was this vulnerable, would you build it?...
In our zeal to find alternative energy sources, we apparently refrain from due diligence.
If the planned site for your new home was this vulnerable, would you build it?...
Chelsea Whyte recently wrote about it at NewScientist.com:
"Stephen Rose and colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, modelled the risk hurricanes might pose to turbines at four proposed wind farm sites. They found that nearly half of the planned turbines are likely to be destroyed over the 20-year life of the farms. Turbines shut down in high winds, but hurricane-force winds can topple them."
