‘Absolutely crazy’: Wind turbine in Wisconsin collapses

DODGE COUNTY, Wisconsin (WISN) — Wednesday evening the blades and high portion of a wind turbine got here crashing right down to the sector under in a rural space of Dodge County, close to the city of Herman.

The affect scattered large items of particles throughout the bottom. No one was harm.

“The one which lives on high of the hill proper there and the farm proper behind us, they stated that they each heard it and it shook their home,” stated Mark Dietrich.

The turbine is part of the Butler Ridge wind farm and stands about 400 toes above the bottom, in line with the Nationwide Climate Service.

Dietrich’s father owns the property. He informed WISN 12 Information that he lived there when crews first put in the generators in 2008.

“I believe it’s completely loopy as a result of rising up right here and seeing them after I was a child getting put up they usually at all times discuss, like, oh they’ll’t construct homes round them as a result of there’s an opportunity they may fall, however you by no means assume it might ever occur,” Dietrich stated.

Dietrich stated he’s glad no one was harm, however the incident left a giant mess and a giant gap.

“That’s a whole lot of weight coming down at one time. It left fairly the crater,” Dietrich stated.

NextEra Vitality Sources owns the turbine. An announcement to WISN 12 Information from NextEra reads, “We’re conscious of the turbine failure at Butler Ridge Wind. Importantly, nobody was injured. We consider this was an remoted incident as turbine malfunctions are uncommon. We’re figuring out the reason for the turbine failure and assessing different generators on web site as a quality-control measure.”

WISN 12 Information crews noticed NextEra staff on the web site observing the harm.

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