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Shetland News: Parts of a Viking turbine blade which broke in October remain on the hills around the wind farm site – almost three months later.

Too many of these incidents are occurring, and this one is particularly troubling:

Shetland News received a number of photos from the site, with the person who sent them – who wished to remain anonymous – saying there was “truly a monumental mess of fibreglass and plastic blowing through the hills.”

They said “some of the debris was as far as 700m away from the turbine.”

Shouldn’t the operators have contingency plans (ala oil spill response plans) that provide for prompt and complete cleanup after turbine system failures?

Debris can still be seen strewn around, some distance from the turbines.”

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