Broken Blades at Wind Power Plants: Causes, Costs, and Cutting-Edge Solutions
In March 2024, a Texas wind farm made headlines when 12 turbine blades simultaneously fractured during a spring storm - an event the 2024 Global Wind Energy Council report calls "the canary in the coal mine" for aging wind infrastructure. With blade failure rates increasing 22% since 2020 , operators are scrambling to understand why these composite giants keep breaking and how to prevent catastrophic damage.
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