Wind farm technicians and officials with EDF Renewable Energy believe one wind tower, just northeast of Dexter, was struck by lightning on April 24, which mangled one of the structure’s 37-meter, 14,000-pound blades.
The blade is nearly bent in half but still attached to the structure, hundreds of feet in the air.
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A quote from the project spokesperson -"The 1.5 megawatt tower produces just a fraction of the Wapsipinicon Wind Project’s power and won’t adversely affect operations".
Thats because it only ever produces a "fraction" of its capacity anyway.
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