The blades on the turbine go “Phft Phfft Phhffffffft” – IOTW Report

The blades on the turbine go “Phft Phfft Phhffffffft”

EAG: NORTHWOOD, Iowa – An Iowa school district is trying to off load a massive wind turbine it purchased over a decade ago that hasn’t lived up to its hype.

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Officials with Northwood-Kinsett Schools purchased a 250-kilowatt wind turbine in 2002 for $68,000 after they were sold on the idea the device could produce $12,000 to $14,000 in electricity each year, but it turns out the predictions were overblown, the Mason City Globe Gazette reports.  More

17 Comments on The blades on the turbine go “Phft Phfft Phhffffffft”

  1. The small town I live in has a factory that builds (or built) ladder systems for these turbines (the inside is hollow and the ladder system goes to the top for maintenance and repairs). For a few years they ran 2 shifts and the parking lot was always full.

    Now that the subsidies stopped for the turbines, the factory has a skeleton crew on one shift to make trash cans and small residential / industrial ladders.

  2. They built one for three million dollars here at the VA hospital several years ago. It has never worked to this day.
    Even on the windiest of days there’s not the least bit of motion from the blades. On the bright side though, It has yet to kill even one bird.

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