20MW giant falls

[dan_b]

Prototype 20MW wind turbine suffers double blade failure during tests.
An article about it

https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/two-b ... -1-1752939

And some actual photos from a Chinese blogger
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mzk0MT ... t_redirect

[Moxi]

The second link states the content has been deleted by the author - I do hope the individual wasn't leant on

It still makes me think that smaller and more numerous is probably the way to go.

Moxi

[dan_b]

Oh yes goodness - fortunately there is a saved a copy of the pictures in my cache folder!

[nowty]

At least they got their turbine foundations right.

[dan_b]

https://renews.biz/97672/double-blade-f ... prototype/