Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Wind farms: yet another brewing disaster

Telegraph
"Here’s another wind farm scandal waiting to break. I wonder if it will ever get any coverage in the mainstream media.

This is what my anonymous source has to say:

I am at an energy conference in Europe. Yesterday I talked to two friends of mine who are involved in civil engineering in the UK. They both told me that concrete foundations for onshore wind turbine towers in the UK are starting to crack. Apparently it is being hushed up as much as possible. (There is only a small possibility that this is an unfounded rumour. But, as always, the possibility exists.) The lawyers are deep into it with accusations of negligence and the like flying in all directions. Apparently the defence has been that they were built according to the current code. But there seems to be no doubt that the code is inadequate. ..."

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