'Third GE wind turbine collapse would be sign something's wrong': insurer | Recharge

'Third GE wind turbine collapse would be sign something's wrong': insurer | Recharge:

"Any third turbine collapse involving a GE machine in quick succession should set alarm bells ringing at the manufacturer, given the rarity of such incidents globally, said a leading insurer of renewable energy projects.
Fraser McLachlan, CEO of specialist insurer GCube, said the two collapses so far this year of GE turbines at US wind farms is already enough to give pause for thought.
“We probably see one or two of these a year out of a fleet of many thousands of turbines,” covered by GCube, McLachlan told Recharge. 
“It’s not that common. In a very bad year you might get three.
The US OEM has said that the collapses – in New Mexico in February and then in Oklahoma 10 ten days ago – are being treated as “separate and isolated” incidents.
“Two that close together, from the same manufacturer ... you would begin to wonder...."
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