Higashi-Izucho, Shizuoka Prefecture
The strong winds that buffeted the Tokai and Kanto regions Tuesday
apparently snapped the massive blades of two wind turbines in
Higashi-Izucho, Shizuoka Prefecture, officials of the company
that operates the turbines said.
The site hosts 10 windmills belonging to CEF Izuatagawa Wind
Farm Co., a subsidiary of Nemuro, Hokkaido-based wind power
generation company Clean Energy Factory Co. Each windmill is
103.5 meters tall, and can generate 1,500 kilowatts. Turbines
No. 4 and No. 5 each lost one of their three 37-meter-long blades.
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Windmills lose blades in high winds
The Yomiuri Shimbun
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080410TDY02303.htm
The strong winds that buffeted the Tokai and Kanto regions
Tuesday apparently snapped the massive blades of two wind turbines
in Higashi-Izucho, Shizuoka Prefecture, officials of the company
that operates the turbines said.
The site hosts 10 windmills belonging to CEF Izuatagawa Wind
Farm Co., a subsidiary of Nemuro, Hokkaido-based wind power
generation company Clean Energy Factory Co. Each windmill is
103.5 meters tall, and can generate 1,500 kilowatts. Turbines
No. 4 and No. 5 each lost one of their three 37-meter-long blades.
According to company officials, another wind turbine owned
by the Higashi-Izucho municipal government and located about
three kilometers away from the broken wind turbines recorded
wind gusts of 174.6 kph on Tuesday morning. Lightning also was
reported near the site.
A resident staying at a resort villa near the broken windmills
heard a large thumping noise at about 4 a.m. Tuesday, the officials
said. CEF Izuatagawa Wind Farm believes strong winds and lightning
strikes broke off the blades.
The windmills, which can withstand wind gusts up to 198 kph,
were in a trial phase of operation, the officials said.
(Apr. 10, 2008)
