Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2008/02/27/disintegrating_turbine/
Disintegrating wind turbine caught on camera
Spectacular Danish brake failure
Posted in Science, 27th February 2008 09:25 GMT
YouTubers have been enjoying some spectacular footage of the disintegration of a Danish wind turbine which ended up a bit broken after its brakes failed:
The suicidal turbine was located at Hornslet near Aarhus. According to the Telegraph, the 60m-high structure was ten years old and manufactured by Vestas. Engineers who attended the scene were unable to prevent the break-up, and wisely retired to a safe distance.
Its death was one of two in the space of a week, and Denmark's climate minister has called for a probe into the failures. ®