Danish offshore wind farm loses 1 Siemens turbine

One of the 2.3-MW turbines at the Paludans Flak offshore wind farm in Denmark lost its blades and nacelle on Saturday so the whole park went offline, local media reported.

The 10 turbines at the site near Samsoe island have been operational for 12 years. The machines were produced by Bonus Energy A/S, which was acquired by Siemens near the end of 2004.

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The reason for the incident has not yet been revealed. Germany’s Siemens AG (ETR:SIE), which services the wind farm, is investigating the incident. Technicians hope to retrieve the wind turbine computer that collects measurement data to see what could have caused the collapse.

Peggy Friis from the Department of Wind Energy at the Technical University of Denmark, was quoted as saying that this is a precedent for the offshore wind industry.

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