A turbine at a Vattenfall-operated wind farm in the Netherlands has collapsed.
Local fire services attended the incident at the 18MW Eemmeerdijk wind farm, which saw the upper portion of the unit break off.
“On January 4, close to eleven in the morning, one of the turbines of wind farm Eemmeerdijk collapsed,” Vattenfall spokesperson Robert Portier told renews.
“Blades, nacelle and the top part of the mast broke off and landed on grassland, the service road and the slope of the adjacent dike. No one was hurt and there was no danger for traffic using the road on the dike.
“Yesterday, Vattenfall started removal of the debris, which will be stored for further investigation. All other turbines have been stopped and have been set in safe position.”
The wind farm utilises 55-metre-tall two-bladed turbines with a rating of 0.8MW. These were supplied by no-longer trading company OEM NedWind.
According to local Dutch newspaper NL Times, a weather warning was in effect on Wednesday 4 January due to strong winds.