Large wind turbine crashes to floor with horrifying thud amid ferocious gales

An enormous 300ft wind turbine, valued at £20 million crashed to the bottom and broke up at a farm close to Bridgend, South Wales, as close by residents claimed listening to a sound like “thunder”

Residents have advised how they heard a sound like “thunder” as an enormous 300ft wind turbine collapsed in ferocious winds and cut up aside.

The turbine, at a wind farm close to Gilfach Goch, Bridgend, in South Wales broke aside in stormy weather on Monday morning.

Images taken on the Pant Y Wal wind farm present the large turbine mendacity on the bottom, separated from its base with its blades fully destroyed, reported WalesOnline.

Native residents heard loud noises coming from the wind farm early on Monday and now an investigation is beneath manner into the way it occurred to the £20 million turbine.

One particular person stated: “It was round 7am and pretty darkish. My spouse has stables about half a mile from the wind farm. She stated she heard odd pulsing noises after which heard the crash about half-hour later.”

One other resident stated she thought was it was “thunder”.

She wrote: “A wind turbine fell over within the wind farm on my village this morning and I assumed it was thunder and lighting however how the hell does a wind turbine fall over?

“Apparently it was creaking and banging all evening earlier than it collapsed and one girl thought it was her neighbour’s tumble dryer.”

A spokeswoman for wind turbine producers Nordex stated: “Sadly an incident occurred on the Pant Y Wal wind farm in Wales.

“On Monday, a N90/2500 turbine collapsed. No individuals had been injured. The one materials injury that has occurred because of the incident is to the turbine itself.

“All vital security measures have been carried out instantly after the incident.

“A staff of native Nordex specialists with consultants from Nordex important workplace are at the moment investigating the basis reason for the incident along with the wind farm proprietor. As but, no dependable assertion could be made as to the underlying reason for the collapse.”

There are 29 comparable generators on the Pant Y Wal wind farm, 21 of which have been in operation since finish of 2013, together with the collapsed turbine.

It comes as two big storms are set to batter the UK this week, with amber and yellow warnings now in place on Wednesday and Thursday.

Storm Dudley is anticipated to have an effect on the UK on Wednesday evening and Thursday, bringing a interval of very robust and disruptive winds, whereas Storm Eunice is more likely to hit on Friday, resulting in extra very robust winds that might trigger vital disruption.