Farmers foolish enough to enter contracts with wind power outfits soon live to regret it. Having their land permanently contaminated by shredded fibreglass when turbines explode into balls of flame and/or their blades merely disintegrate (known in the trade as “component liberation”) is just one of a list of disasters waiting to happen.
The claim that spreading wind turbines far and wide means you’ll have power around-the-clock is just more wind industry myth. Australia’s Eastern Grid provides all the evidence required to render that story plainly risible – and it can all be done with pictures.
My wife and I purchased our home in 1991 near Waverly, Kansas, in Coffey County. It is a half mile section road so there is
Energy Engineer Bill Acker on the dangers of wind turbines.
Wind energy generators are in rural locations for the simple reason that they need to be out in the open. That means construction companies must use gravel and asphalt surfaced roads to reach the many construction sites of the wind farm. This presents several problems to the people responsible for maintaining those roads.
Leading edge erosion is well a known and problematic issue with commercial wind turbine blades. Erosion is the reason that turbine blades need to be
Wind energy is terribly inefficient (approximately 35%) and requires another source of energy as a backup. The backup power must enable utilities to balance power
