BERLIN — A few technical setbacks have delayed the construction of Berlin’s first wind turbine but all bugs have been eliminated and blades should be spinning this November.
The snag came this summer while testing materials that would be used in the turbine, according to Doug Richard, owner of DDU Magnetics. However, there was a silver lining as a probe into the malfunctions led to new discoveries.
“We were developing the wind turbine by doing reliability testing in Chicago and we had some failures of some of the components, and we’ve worked those issues out and the result of our research resulted in another US patent,” he told the Town Council Monday.
All “technical setbacks” have since been resolved, added Richard. Luckily, they were caught pretty early which is why component testing is done before any construction begins, he said, since it can be much more difficult to address problems once the 50kw turbine is built.
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Wait until it is done and anyone around that area will be driven nutty by the noise
ReplyDeletethis is truly a shame/sham. follow the money on this one. boondoggle's abound...
ReplyDeleteWill it have "EXPERIMENTAL" stamped on the side of it like they require on homebuilt airplanes?
ReplyDeleteSo if it works before crying.
ReplyDeleteWhy not? Everyone else has spent their taxpayer's money without success.
ReplyDeleteThese wind turbines will kill the birds, and eagles.
ReplyDeleteThis is just irresponsible and foolish. Would any of these politicians spend their own money on these things? How quick they are to spend others money though.
ReplyDeleteThe intelligent and prudent thing to do would be to let others experiment with these things first then if a success jump in.
It's gotten to the point where it's obvious politicians are half witted. There is no other explanation for their stupidity.