The wind turbines that can’t cope… with the WIND! Three more are blown to pieces in gales that swept across Britain

By EMILY ALLEN

Danger: The firm which made these damaged turbines in the Hepworth and Upper Cumberworth areas of Huddersfield has promised a full investigation after villagers saw blades being flung off in high winds

The impact of the devastating weather which has swept the country is shown by the state of these wind turbines - which couldn't withstand the strength of the gales.
The huge blades - 15ft long - flew off three turbines including one on the aptly-named Windmill Lane in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
The firm which made the turbines in the Hepworth and Upper Cumberworth areas of the town has promised a full investigation.

Broken: A wind turbine stands forlorn damaged by the recent gales and high winds near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Concerned villagers in Hepworth, where the blade from one turbine was flung across a road, warned: 'Someone could have been killed'.
Frances Barnes, who has 10 acres of grazing land for horses close to the Hepworth turbine, said: 'It is worrying.
'People objected to the plans when they first went in - not because it is a windmill but because it is so close to a busy road.

The blades on the mast are 15ft long and one was blown right across a road

'It is frightening to think what may have happened had one of the blades flown into the road and hit a car, or indeed if the wind turbine had come down.'
Ryan Gill, of manufacturers Evoco, blamed the exceptionally strong winds for the damage.
A spokesman for the firm - which has 100 turbines nationwide - said wind levels reached 112mph across the Pennines this week and three turbines had been damaged.

Fiery: Last month a 300ft wind turbine in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, exploded into flames when it was buffeted by high winds

More than 100,000 homes lost their electricity supply as the storms uprooted trees which knocked out transmission lines and flying debris damaged electricity infrastructure.
SSE Power Distribution, which supplies electricity in Scotland and southern England, said 63,000 customers were disconnected on Tuesday, while 40,000 customers at Scottish Power Energy Networks in Scotland and north-west England were also without electricity.

source: dailymail