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Wind Turbine Tower Falls From Truck, Breaks Road

0 by Timothy B. Hurst on September 16, 2009

A large steel tubular section of wind turbine tower rolled off a truck today in upstate New York, dumping both the tower and the rig into a corn field. According to reports, the road was closed for several hours as workers cleared debris and repaved a section of broken road.

The truck was coming from Ontario, Canada, and was headed to a wind farm in the Buffalo area.

The cost of moving a complete wind turbine unit generally varies from roughly $100,000 to $150,000 — but this one will likely cost a little more.

via WNYF

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Timothy Hurst is the founder and editor of ecopolitology and executive editor of theLiveOAK Media Network. He writes mostly about energy and environmental politics, clean tech and green business -- but has a habit of covering music festivals in the summer. When not reading, writing, or talking about environmental politics to anyone who will listen, Tim likes to ski, hike with his aging lab and get dirty in his Colorado veggie garden.