I am a proponent of wind turbines, in fact any renewable energy in general. Of course we only see the good side of it, not the problems that the world has had with them. This post in particular focuses on wind turbines, and some of the spectacular accidents that have occurred.

These don’t detract from the good that wind turbines do, or the carbon footprint they generally reduce. It’s just interesting to see when they go wrong!

This one is one of two Vestas wind turbines that collapsed:

This is a video link of a Danish wind turbine destroying itself in high winds:

This is a collapsed wind turbine in a Scottish wind farm:

These are photos of a wind turbine catching fire and collapsing at Burnham-on-sea.

This is an accident on a turbine blade from 2006 in Germany:

Here is a wind turbine that caught fire in late 2006 in Holland:

Here’s another one that had it’s blades sheared off, in Germany:

And another one in Germany:

This shows a collapsed wind turbine in Oregon, where a man died:

Here’s a wind turbine that caught fire and lost two of its blades:

A wind turbine has caught fire in Minnesota, with smoke pouring from the base too:

Links to other ones (without images):

• Wind turbines in Japan collapse because of faulty concrete base.
• Shrapnel from wind turbine collapse from HABITAT 21
• Wind turbine catches fire in Sunderland, UK
• Forest fire caused by wind turbine failure