following claim: “Turbine failures are considered rare events with fewer than 40 incidents identified in the modern fleet of more than 40,000 turbines installed in the United States as of 2014.”
However true this was prior to 2014, things have become a lot more exciting since then. These supposedly “rare events” are not a MidAmerican problem, nor isolated to Iowa, but instead a problem with industrial wind turbines generally.
A previous report for Capital Research Center featured fires, tower collapses, and other failures of turbines owned by NextEra Energy. As with MidAmerican Energy, NextEra also responded with comically redundant excuses:
- “We believe this was an isolated incident” (turbine fire in March 2023),
- “We believe this was an isolated incident as turbine malfunctions are rare” (tower collapse in January 2023),
- “it is a rare occurrence for this to happen” (tower collapse in
Wind Power Doesn’t Make Sense Without the Tax Credits (full series) Berkshire Hathaway | “An Extremely Rare Occurrence” Anti-Environment Environmentalism “An Extremely Rare Occurrence . . .” In October 2022, a wind turbine motor made by Vestas caught fire at MidAmerican’s Diamond Trail Wind Farm in Iowa. Dramatic photos of...
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