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(h/t Watts Up With That: Britain’s only wind turbine plant to close)



The accident happened Feb 22, 2008.

As Austin notes farther down in the comments at WUWT:

Austin (10:33:08) :

Having a bunch of little machines is a maintenance headache.

This is an infamous problem in the computer industry called the “Blockbuster Problem” where they used to have a single server in each of their stores. One store, fine, 10,000 stores - you are a fool if you work for them.

I think people put wind in without doing the full life cycle costs of the system. Just imagine the cost of getting parts machined 10 years from now as they begin to break. I’ve sat in so many meetings where people do not think 3-5-10-20 years down the road and do the full costs of doing business. You need to factor in maintenance for the whole period - not just labor, but parts and whole refurbishment of all the systems or forklift upgrades - and then you have to take care of that maintenance tail to make sure its there when you need it.

More on the accident at Snopes.