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	<title>Comments on: Wind Turbine Bursts into Flames at Ardrossan Windfarm in Severe Weather</title>
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		<title>By: Mike Barnard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike Barnard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The real story behind this singular wind turbine failure is the following:

"While the turbine grabbed attention, a power line running into Hunterston power station, also on Scotland’s west coast, was brought down by the gale, causing the 460-megawatt B-8 nuclear reactor to cease generating for 54 hours.
Infinis, which owns the windfarm, and EDF Energy, which owns the power station, both refused to disclose how much energy they were unable to generate.
But Dr Ian Lange, director of the MSc in energy management at Stirling University, ... estimates that Hunterston lost around 17,388 MWh compared with the turbine’s 1,210MWh even though it has now been out of action for many weeks."
http://tvmeioambiente.com.br/noticias/wind-power-what-really-happened-when-the-ayrshire-turbine-caught-fire/

Rare wind turbine fires are dramatic visually, but immaterial in context of 165,000 working, productive wind turbines world wide.

While all generating capacity from the nuclear plant was offline, the other 11 wind turbines in the wind farm kept generating clean, safe electricity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The real story behind this singular wind turbine failure is the following:</p>
<p>&#8220;While the turbine grabbed attention, a power line running into Hunterston power station, also on Scotland’s west coast, was brought down by the gale, causing the 460-megawatt B-8 nuclear reactor to cease generating for 54 hours.<br />
Infinis, which owns the windfarm, and EDF Energy, which owns the power station, both refused to disclose how much energy they were unable to generate.<br />
But Dr Ian Lange, director of the MSc in energy management at Stirling University, &#8230; estimates that Hunterston lost around 17,388 MWh compared with the turbine’s 1,210MWh even though it has now been out of action for many weeks.&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://tvmeioambiente.com.br/noticias/wind-power-what-really-happened-when-the-ayrshire-turbine-caught-fire/" rel="nofollow">http://tvmeioambiente.com.br/noticias/wind-power-what-really-happened-when-the-ayrshire-turbine-caught-fire/</a></p>
<p>Rare wind turbine fires are dramatic visually, but immaterial in context of 165,000 working, productive wind turbines world wide.</p>
<p>While all generating capacity from the nuclear plant was offline, the other 11 wind turbines in the wind farm kept generating clean, safe electricity.</p>
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