{"id":4909,"date":"2013-03-11T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=4909"},"modified":"2013-03-11T16:47:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:47:56","slug":"warning-over-liabilities-of-wind-turbines-as-111-ft-monster-topples-in-devon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=4909","title":{"rendered":"Warning over liabilities of Wind Turbines as 111 ft monster topples in Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the collapse of a giant 111ft wind turbine at East Ash Farm, near <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bidefordsurveyors.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bideford<\/span><\/a>, Devon, the manufacturer, Canadian firm \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcEndurance Wind Power\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 has issued a warning that 29 more of its installations could be suffering from the same issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The firm has blamed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153structural grout\u00e2\u20ac\u009d failings and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the manner in which the tower was fixed to the foundation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for its collapse and has said that remedial works will be carried out on the foundations of the other turbines suspected of similar failings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The incident is by no means isolated. Gaia Wind wrote to more than a dozen owners of its 60ft (18m) tower after one toppled at Winsdon Farm, North Petherwin (Cornwall).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4936 alignright\" title=\"Wind farms - is there a safety risk?\" alt=\"Wind farms - is there a safety risk?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/100_0615-300x225.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/100_0615-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/100_0615-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 85vw, 276px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> industry experts claim that the continued proliferation of land based wind turbines will inevitably lead to a serious accident in the future. With many turbines sited within reach of roads and buildings, a turbine coming down could cause a very serious hazard and the speeds at which the blades rotate can also throw them a considerable distance if the fixings were to fail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Questions naturally arise as to the availability of insurance for these monoliths and insurance companies, never ones to miss an opportunity, do provide insurance at a price. Northern Alliance, for example, provide cover for as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dclittle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as \u00c2\u00a3100 per year \u00e2\u20ac\u201c including cover for breakdowns, loss of income, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcall risks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (including fire and malicious damage) and third party public liability to protect against damage to a third party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With wind turbines fast becoming an ever present sight across the British countryside, no doubt more companies will begin to offer competitive cover. If you are thinking of installing a turbine, getting yourself appropriately insured could save you money and hassle in the long term. Equally though, \u00c2\u00a3100 a year, plus any excess charged, could easily wipe away the majority of the profit a residential turbine makes its owner, making the whole installation significantly less economically profitable than perceived. This is, of course, not a sum usually referred to by the companies promoting the turbines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many installations will necessarily remain uninsured therefore, and more problems could be seen in the future as a result \u00e2\u20ac\u201c including messy civil cases as victims seek recompense from uninsured defendants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">01\/03\/13\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 SRJ\/LCB<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[contact-form][contact-field label=&#8217;Email&#8217; type=&#8217;email&#8217; required=&#8217;1&#8217;\/][contact-field label=&#8217;I liked this article&#8217; type=&#8217;checkbox&#8217;\/][contact-field label=&#8217;I did not like this article&#8217; type=&#8217;checkbox&#8217;\/][contact-field label=&#8217;Comment&#8217; type=&#8217;textarea&#8217;\/][\/contact-form]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the collapse of a giant 111ft wind turbine at East Ash Farm, near Bideford, Devon, the manufacturer, Canadian firm \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcEndurance Wind Power\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 has issued a warning that 29 more of its installations could be suffering from the same issues. The firm has blamed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153structural grout\u00e2\u20ac\u009d failings and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the manner in which the tower was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=4909\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Warning over liabilities of Wind Turbines as 111 ft monster topples in Devon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-4909","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Warning over liabilities of Wind Turbines as 111 ft monster topples in Devon - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=4909\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warning over liabilities of Wind Turbines as 111 ft monster topples in Devon - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following the collapse of a giant 111ft wind turbine at East Ash Farm, near Bideford, Devon, the manufacturer, Canadian firm \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcEndurance Wind Power\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 has issued a warning that 29 more of its installations could be suffering from the same issues. 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