Nordex blames Welsh wind turbine collapse on ‘overspeed condition’

A Nordex turbine collapsed at a Welsh wind farm earlier this year after running in an “overspeed condition” for more than four hours, the German manufacturer has concluded.

by Craig Richard
Nordex’s N90/2500 turbine collapsed at Pennant Walters’ 25MW Pant-y-Wal wind farm in southern Wales on 14 February (pic credit: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
Nordex’s N90/2500 turbine collapsed at Pennant Walters’ 25MW Pant-y-Wal wind farm in southern Wales on 14 February (pic credit: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

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