http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=585346Inquiries continue into turbine collapse
Published on 11/01/2008
By Kelly Eve
INQUIRIES are continuing into why Cumbria’s oldest wind turbine collapsed over the festive period.
...
The 100ft steel structure, thought to weigh around 11 tonnes, collapsed on the morning of Friday, December 28.
New pictures of the collapse have emerged showing the blades of the turbine and debris blocking a country road which runs between Hesket Newmarket and the B5305 Wigton to Penrith road.
...
The BWEA says the lifetime of a turbine is around 20 years and that turbine development has changed over the years.