( Marcus Oleniuk / Toronto Star File Photo )HALIFAX—Two investigations has been launched into the collapse of an 80-metre wind turbine in Cape Breton, believed to be the first catastrophic failure of its kind in Canada. “And then the turbine collapsed.” The Canadian Wind Energy Association issued a statement saying it was not aware of a similar failure among the more than 6,000 wind turbines in Canada. It’s rare for wind turbines to collapse, but it has happened. No one was injured at the Screggagh wind farm near in County Tyrone, but debris was scattered across the site. By the end of 2015, there were more than 300,000 wind turbines scattered around the world, according to the Global Energy Wind Council.

Source: thestar August 24, 2016 15:42 UTC