“Late on Sunday morning … walkers reported suspicious noises and observations of a wind turbine that was still rotating in the Hainhaus/Bad-König-Kimbach wind farm area,” the police said its report. “Larger components were also lying below the system on the ground and in the adjacent forest area.”
A hailstorm earlier this month has damaged thousands of solar panels at the 350-MW Fighting Jays Solar Farm in Fort Bend County, Texas, KTRK (ABC13) reports. “Golf ball”-sized hail fell in the area on March 15, and aerial footage captured from a helicopter offered a glimpse at the extent of the damage. Fighting Jays Solar Farm’s website says insurance policies are in place to cover catastrophic events like hail storms.
A fire at a wind farm in South Australia has destroyed a $2.2 million turbine. The fire in Redhill, 178km north of Adelaide, saw 30ha of grass scorched as five fire crews from the Farm Fire Unit continued to battle the blaze on Tuesday afternoon.
Viking Energy has confirmed rumours that there was a fire at its onshore wind farm in Shetland following social media speculation. “Shetland Fire and Rescue attended the Viking Windfarm site in the early hours of 29th December in response to a fire which had broken out next to one of the turbines,” Viking Energy confirmed.