ITV News: Wind Farm Blades Eroding After Few Years At Sea

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ITV News: Wind Farm Blades Eroding After Few Years At Sea
March 14, 2018
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By Paul Homewood

Talking of wind power costs, a special ITV report this week reveals how 140 turbine blades are having to be replaced because of erosion at the London Array, only launched in 2013:

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An investigation by ITV News Meridian has revealed that turbine blades at the world’s largest offshore wind farm off Kent have developed a fault.

Actress and activist Emma Thompson has even fronted a controversial Greenpeace campaign, claiming wind power costs have halved.

However, this video has since been removed from their website and social media sites.

https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/itv-news-wind-farm-blades-eroding-after-few-years-at-sea/

[Joe Wooten]

My oh my! Who would have ever thought that water drop impingement on moving blades would erode said blades?

If no engineer ever brought this up during the project design phase, all involved in it are incompetent boobs and have no business being engineers. OTOH, I'd bet someone did but was overruled by management, which again means incompetent boobs that have no business managing big projects.

[catfish1957]

Just think how nice the world would be if envirowhackos were rounded up by aliens and hauled off to their land of skittles and unicorns.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Maybe this is due to slicing up thousands of seabirds who dare to fly nearby?