Energy giant launches investigation into Harrogate wind turbine fire
ENERGY company Innogy has launched an investigation after one of its wind turbines was destroyed by a fire at a site near Harrogate.
The turbine – one of eight machines at the Knabs Ridge site- was seen burning on Friday night, The Telegraph reported.
Pictures showed the nacelle, the part at the centre of the blades that contains the generator and gearbox, burnt out.
Each turbine at Knabs Ridge, which started generating in 2008, has a capacity of two megawatts.
The nacelles stand 190ft above ground and the blades reach up to 305ft tall. The turbines were manufactured by REpower Systems in Germany.
A spokesman for Innogy Renewables UK said: “As a result of an incident involving one turbine at the Knabs Ridge onshore wind farm in Harrogate, the fire service was called out by on-site personnel on Friday.”
The company has launched an investigation to establish the cause of the fire and said there had been no injuries from the incident.
Four of the turbines at the wind farm site are still operating while three that are linked to the damaged turbine remain out of action.
