"Owners of a solar farm torn to pieces were among those counting the cost of killer Storm Darragh - as recovery work was ongoing on Monday.

Hundreds of panels at the giant 190-acre Porth Wen solar farm in Anglesey, North Wales - only built two years ago - were blown off their mountings, some ripped to shreds.

The site at Llanbadrig, in the north of the island which is owned by French power firm EDF Energy and powers up to 9,500 households, now needs significant repairs.

Elsewhere on the island of Anglesey, blades were sheared off a wind turbine which then reportedly caught fire.

Work was continuing yesterday to reconnect thousands of homes left without power and reopen a string of railway lines in Wales and the West Country which were blocked by fallen trees.

Storm Darragh brought severe gusts which reached 96mph at Berry Head, Devon, and gales to the whole Irish Sea coast extending eastwards inland."

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/storm-darragh-leaves-uk-s-biggest-solar-fa...

John Smith wrote on Dec 11^th, 2024 at 2:09pm:


But the amount of damage to renewable infrastructure is so much more. Not just the pylons, wires and transformers.

John Smith wrote on Dec 11^th, 2024 at 2:09pm:


They blow down power plants all the time, don't they? Can you let us know the last time a storm blew down coal, gas or nuclear plants, you seem to be in the know.

Ya dumbarse.