Wind (onshore) incidents recorded in Australia, with what happened, the contributing factors and the lessons, each with its sources.
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In May 2026 a turbine blade broke away and fell to the ground at the Lal Lal wind farm near Ballarat, Victoria. Nearby residents reported hearing a loud noise likened to an explosion, and the incident was briefly mischaracterised on social media as sabotage;...
On the morning of 15 May 2026, a blade snapped on a wind turbine over 160 metres tall at the Lal Lal Wind Farm, located off Yendon-Egerton Road south of Ballarat, Victoria. Nearby residents reported hearing loud noises as the blade broke and was left hanging...
A man died during construction of an onshore wind farm in Australia on 2 July 2025. The report describes a heavy machinery incident. The site, the companies involved and the circumstances are not reported.
The record behind each entry: the manufacturer, integrator and operator, root cause, failure mode, downtime, losses and every source.
A fire broke out in one of 56 Siemens Gamesa SG 3.4-132 turbines at the 194MW Bulgana Green Power Hub, operated and owned by Neoen, near Great Western, Victoria, which also hosts a 20MW Tesla battery storage system. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) attended...
A wind turbine at Berrybank Wind Farm, around 80km south-west of Geelong in Victoria, Australia, collapsed after strong gusts and storms. The 112m tall turbine fell, with its blades broken on the ground. The site, operated by Naturgy with Vestas as service...
A wind turbine blade is reported to have snapped at Flyers Creek Wind Farm in New South Wales during recent storms. A published account says the blade failed about six months after installation. The cause has not been reported, and the available summary does...
A worker died following an incident at a wind farm near Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia, according to a news report. The article confirming the death was not fully accessible, and available information is limited to a headline stating the fatality and...
A 36-year-old worker was killed on 11 November 2024 at the Golden Plains Wind Farm near Rokewood, Victoria. According to published reporting, a wind turbine blade came loose from scaffolding during assembly and crushed him. The worker was engaged as a...
A fire broke out at the top of a wind turbine at the Cape Nelson South wind farm near Portland, Victoria, owned by Pacific Blue. Fire Rescue Victoria was called just before 8pm on a Friday and found one blade had already fallen from the turbine, with the...
A man in his 30s fell about 20 metres to the ground from a piece of equipment at the Proserpine Wind Farm, on Station Road at Lake Proserpine, about 30 minutes west of Proserpine, Queensland. The incident happened in the early afternoon. Early reports...
A wind turbine was destroyed by fire at the Clements Gap wind farm in South Australia. Smoke was spotted by a maintenance crew at 8:30am and emergency services were alerted. Five fire crews attended and the fire took some time to burn out. Spot fires from...
A wind turbine caught fire at the Lerida Road windfarm near Goulburn, New South Wales, on the morning of Thursday 5 January 2023. Firefighters from the NSW Rural Fire Service, Goulburn Brigade and Parkesbourne Rural Fire Brigade attended, with Gunning Fish...
A wind turbine just off the Hume Highway near Breadalbane in New South Wales caught fire at the rotor hub and one blade, about 90 metres off the ground. The NSW Rural Fire Service was called out at 6am and monitored the ground for spot fires, of which there...
In June 2022, turbine 43 at the Alinta Wind Farm in Walkaway, Western Australia, collapsed. The site operator, Iberdrola, launched a root cause analysis investigation, consulting its global technical team and operations and maintenance providers. Although the...
A worker at the Bango Wind Farm construction site on Lachlan Valley Way near Yass, New South Wales, suffered a severed hand while working on machinery. The incident occurred on 4 February 2021 and the injured worker was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital...
A wind turbine nacelle caught fire at the Windy Hill wind farm near Ravenshoe, Queensland. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services crews attended from around 3pm and worked to contain the blaze, remaining on site to prevent it spreading into surrounding...
Three workers were injured when their utility vehicle rolled 30 metres down an embankment at White Rock Wind Farm on a Monday night in June 2017. Two were taken to hospital. A third was flown to Tamworth Base Hospital with spinal injuries and internal...
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