Wind (onshore) incidents recorded in the Netherlands, with what happened, the contributing factors and the lessons, each with its sources.
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A wind turbine in Zeewolde, Flevoland, in the Netherlands, broke apart and collapsed to the ground on a Wednesday morning, according to local safety officials. The incident took place along the Eemmerdijk while a warning for strong sustained winds and gusts...
A wind turbine is reported to have collapsed in the Netherlands at a site operated by Vattenfall, with the incident reported to have happened at the Eemmeerdijk project. Emergency services attended, and the Flevoland fire brigade said it was lucky that nobody...
A fire was reported at the Zeewolde wind farm in the Netherlands, described as one of the country's largest. An explosion was heard before the fire. Two technicians were on site when the incident occurred. The available report does not say whether anyone was...
The record behind each entry: the manufacturer, integrator and operator, root cause, failure mode, downtime, losses and every source.
In October 2013 a fire broke out in the nacelle of an onshore wind turbine in the Netherlands while a maintenance team was working inside it. Two maintenance workers died. The event is described in academic and legal commentary as the first recorded fatal...
In early July 2000, a fire broke out in one of the Vestas V-66 turbines at the Muiderhoek wind farm near Almere, owned by NUON. The fire burnt out the nacelle, the rotor and the uppermost section of the three-part, 67 metre tower. Firefighters arriving on the...
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