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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26252 Gender:	Victorian wind turbine collapses Yesterday at 6:46pm A wind turbine in Victoria has collapsed, leading to calls (and rightly so) for a safety audit of all wind turbines. This happened in a brand new wind farm, and there have been other incidents, including a fatality. https://www.9news.com.au/national/wind-turbine-collapses-berrybank-wind-farm-vic...
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49368 At my desk.	Re: Victorian wind turbine collapses Reply #2 - Yesterday at 9:02pm OMG
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Reply #3 - Yesterday at 9:42pm

And in other news -

"Hydrogen plant in doubt as SA premier refuses to commit to $600m project linked to Whyalla steelworks"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-05/hydrogen-plant-linked-to-whyalla-steelwor...

And not just Australia -

"The International Energy Agency has warned of project cancellations worldwide due to uncertain demand, complex regulations, and high costs.

Despite strong interest from Japan, Germany, and Singapore, green hydrogen remains an expensive bet."

https://www.sarawaktribune.com/australian-hydrogen-project-in-jeopardy/

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Reply #4 - Yesterday at 9:48pm

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The collapse of a wind turbine in Victoria's south-west following strong gusts in the region has ignited calls for a statewide safety audit.

It appears the turbine was toppled in the wind.

The Bureau of Meteorology recorded wind gusts topping 60km/h on Monday night.

It's not known when the wind turbines will be back operating.

The Berrybank incident is the third of its kind in just over three months, leading the state opposition to call for an urgent review of Victoria's wind farms.

"This is not good enough, it's a brand new wind farm, it's only been up 18 months," shadow planning minister Richard Riordan said.

"There are now 2500 wind turbines across western Victoria. They've caught fire, they've collapsed, propellers are falling and shrapnel is flying off them.
"It's not good enough and we need to understand why."

60 kph isn't a strong breeze it's just over 30 knots good sailing weather.

To fail after 18 months shows serious design flaw were these made in China?

Might be just out of warranty

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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1219 Gender:	Re: Victorian wind turbine collapses Reply #5 - Yesterday at 9:50pm As this occurred in Victoria have they completely ruled out that it was in fact being stolen and the thieves dropped it? It’s the most likely !
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Reply #6 - Yesterday at 10:13pm

Baronvonrort wrote Yesterday at 9:48pm:

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The collapse of a wind turbine in Victoria's south-west following strong gusts in the region has ignited calls for a statewide safety audit.

It appears the turbine was toppled in the wind.

The Bureau of Meteorology recorded wind gusts topping 60km/h on Monday night.

It's not known when the wind turbines will be back operating.

The Berrybank incident is the third of its kind in just over three months, leading the state opposition to call for an urgent review of Victoria's wind farms.

"This is not good enough, it's a brand new wind farm, it's only been up 18 months," shadow planning minister Richard Riordan said.

"There are now 2500 wind turbines across western Victoria. They've caught fire, they've collapsed, propellers are falling and shrapnel is flying off them.
"It's not good enough and we need to understand why."

60 kph isn't a strong breeze it's just over 30 knots good sailing weather.

To fail after 18 months shows serious design flaw were these made in China?

Might be just out of warranty

You would think that such a large engineering structure,
would have included into the design of its control systems,
'auto feathering' of the wind blades, during periods of high winds ?

Don't they ?

Or was the structure, just not 'assembled' correctly/competently ....by Australians ?

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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chimera Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 11844 Armidale Gender:	Re: Victorian wind turbine collapses Reply #7 - Today at 2:18am The wind farm workers were three kids from Bulgaria on a backpacker fun holiday. 'Nice kids but new at this type of work' explained the owner's wife Cynthia, 29, 'we've built up a good farm here with new plant this year'.
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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26252 Gender:	Re: Victorian wind turbine collapses Reply #8 - Today at 5:15am Imagine this happening at an offshore wind farm. Those huge blades become a hazard to navigation for vessels at sea.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 49324 Gender:	Re: Victorian wind turbine collapses Reply #9 - Today at 7:35am It's a throw away society. Did you really think they would last forever?
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chimera Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 11844 Armidale Gender:	Re: Victorian wind turbine collapses Reply #10 - Today at 8:56am Smaller blades may spin at 120 to 160 kmh, while larger blades may easily top speeds of 240 kmh. A turbine may well decide it's time to throw it away.
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John Smith Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 75039 Gender:	Re: Victorian wind turbine collapses Reply #11 - Today at 9:03am a windmill collapsed and it didn't irradiate thousands? The cows can go back on the land tomorrow? The fish won't be born with 3 eyes? We should thank christ it was a windmill and not a nuclear power plant
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17973 Gender:	Re: Victorian wind turbine collapses Reply #12 - Today at 11:24am John Smith wrote Today at 9:03am: a windmill collapsed and it didn't irradiate thousands? The cows can go back on the land tomorrow? The fish won't be born with 3 eyes? Poor Guido once again confuses his science fiction and science fact.
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Reply #13 - Today at 11:40am

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Reply #14 - Today at 11:51am

lee wrote Today at 11:24am:

John Smith wrote Today at 9:03am:

a windmill collapsed and it didn't irradiate thousands? The cows can go back on the land tomorrow? The fish won't be born with 3 eyes?

Poor Guido once again confuses his science fiction and science fact. Grin

you wouldn't know science fact if it bit you on the arse

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Our esteemed leader:
I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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