Vattenfall terminates investigation on collapsing turbine

The collapse was caused by a defective component in the system that controls the position of turbine blades.
Turbines at the onshore wind farm were shut down back in January, and they are not coming back up before demolishing later this year. Archival photo. | Photo: Janus Engel
Turbines at the onshore wind farm were shut down back in January, and they are not coming back up before demolishing later this year. Archival photo. | Photo: Janus Engel
by anne filbert, translated by simon øst vejbæk

The Swedish utility concludes that defective components in a turbine at Dutch onshore wind farm Eemmeerdijk was the cause of a turbine collapse in January.

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