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Wind (onshore)United StatesEIR-1057

Wind turbine reported to have caught fire at Apex Clean Energy site in Texas

Mar 2020Published 18 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor

SignificantThermal / fireProvisional
Estimated damageEstimated by the register's adjusterHow? Know the real figure?
Figure hidden: shown to subscribersLow confidence
turbine out of service for about •• daysShown in the record →Full estimate
From the recordRoot cause hiddenFailed part hidden
Where
Apex Clean Energy site in Texas
Owner
Apex Clean Energy
What
Wind turbine caught fire
Injuries
None reported
Cause
Not reported

Companies named in the reporting of this entry (being named is not a finding of fault): Apex Clean Energy

What happened

A news report published in March 2020 stated that a wind turbine owned by Apex Clean Energy caught fire in Texas. The report as available did not identify the wind farm, the turbine model, the date of the fire or the cause. Nothing is reported on injuries, evacuation, fire service response or the extent of damage. This entry is based only on a headline and a brief feed summary, so it is published as provisional pending further reporting.

Contributing factors

Not reported.

Lessons learned

  1. A turbine fire at a Texas site yields little data when the report omits the wind farm and model, so operators should press for prompt site disclosure to spot patterns.
  2. A fire in an onshore turbine leaves damage unknown when extent is unreported, so insurers should require post-event asset status updates.

Not yet known

  • Wind farm name
  • Turbine model and age
  • Date of the fire
  • Extent of damage

This entry is updated when these are reported. Get an alert for the next one like it.

Source

americanexperiment.org

Published 2026-09-18. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.

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