TURBINE FAILS, NO TOXIC SPILL, NO RADIOACTIVITY, SMALL FIRE QUICKLY CONTAINED

Noble Environmental Power Confirms All Debris Contained Within Setback Area
Maggy Wisniewski, March 13, 2009 (Noble Environmental Power)

"On the morning of March 6, 2009, the Noble Altona Windpark experienced a loss of power; in response, sixty three (63) of the sixty five (65) Noble Altona Windpark turbines shut down as expected. Turbine 42 and Turbine 59 of the Noble Altona Windpark did not respond to the power outage by shutting down immediately…

"GE’s inspection of the pitch control system in Turbine 59 revealed a wiring anomaly that resulted in the pitch control system not responding correctly, thus impacting the turbine’s ability to shut down as designed. Turbine 59 was damaged, but did not collapse. Data from Turbine 42 indicates that it experienced the same wiring anomaly which resulted in Turbine 42 failing to shut down properly and ultimately led to its collapse.

"Noble believes that the combination of power loss and the wiring anomaly were to blame for last week’s incident, in which nobody was injured… "

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"Immediately following the incident, Noble Environmental Power secured the site and shut down the entire Noble Altona Windpark. That day, Noble also teamed up with General Electric (GE), the manufacturer of the 1.5 megawatt turbines. Engineers from GE…are working to find and examine the root cause… and are methodically testing other turbines…Upon GE’s notification of the successful completion of the tests, the previously shut down turbines are being returned to service.

"Noble has determined that the farthest piece of debris from collapsed Turbine 42, which has been identified as a piece of fiberglass, landed 345 feet from its base. This distance is well within the 1200 foot setback from the nearest off-site residence, as required per the Town of Altona’s Wind Law. This law also states that wind energy facilities must be located 500 feet from the nearest public road; the debris landed within this setback…

"On Friday, March 13, 2009, at Noble’s invitation, the Town of Altona Supervisor, Larry Ross, as well as a representative of CRA, the Town’s engineering firm, walked the site of Turbine 42. Currently, efforts to remediate the site of the incident are underway…"