WXGuard Wind https://wxguardwind.com Segmented lightning diverters for wind turbine blades. Sat, 29 Sep 2018 14:26:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 Gamesa boosts involvement in North America https://wxguardwind.com/lightning-news/gamesa-boosts-involvement-in-north-america/ Sun, 06 Dec 2015 13:46:50 +0000 http://wxguardwind.com/?p=852 “Spanish wind energy giant Gamesa has boosted its involvement in North America by joining the American Business Act on Climate Pledge and committing further to Mexico. One of the world’s leading wind energy manufacturers, Gamesa made two announcements on December 1 to coincide with the COP21 United Nations climate negotiations currently being held in France. […]

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]]> Segmented Lightning Diverters and Near Lightning Strikes https://wxguardwind.com/lightning-news/segmented-lightning-diverters-and-near-lightning-strikes/ Sun, 17 May 2015 11:56:58 +0000 http://wxguardwind.com/?p=749 Segmented lightning diverters provide protection from strikes and near strikes. Wind turbine blades are very susceptible to lightning strikes, even when lightning does not directly attach to the blades.  The rapidly changing and extremely strong electric fields in thunderstorms create electrical activity along the blades which can degrade the blade’s dielectric strength.  Once the dielectric […]

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]]> Wind Turbine Lightning Damage in Kansas https://wxguardwind.com/lightning-news/wind-turbine-lightning-damage-in-kansas/ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:46:09 +0000 http://wxguardwind.com/?p=613 Wind Turbine Damaged in Kansas by Lightning

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]]> New Video – High Voltage Leaders from Wind Turbine Blades https://wxguardwind.com/lightning-news/new-video-high-voltage-leaders-from-wind-turbine-blades/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:27:39 +0000 http://wxguardwind.com/?p=582 Researchers in Spain are using high speed video to document high voltage streamers and leaders originating from wind turbine blades. The data indicates that high voltage streamers/leaders occur roughly every 3 seconds as the blades rotate and these events can last minutes or hours. The wind turbine blades do not need to be directly near […]

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]]> Kansas Wind Turbine Blade Punctured by Lightning https://wxguardwind.com/lightning-news/kansas-wind-turbine-blade-punctured-by-lightning/ Sat, 25 May 2013 18:08:52 +0000 http://wxguardwind.com/?p=575 A wind turbine blade outside Wichita, Kansas was recently punctured by lightning. The puncture hole does not appear to be significant on the outside of the blade but unseen structural damage could lie underneath. As seen in the photo below, the blade does not appear to have any lightning protection. In the heartland of the […]

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]]> Another Lightning Strike, Another Damaged Blade https://wxguardwind.com/lightning-news/another-lightning-strike-another-damaged-blade/ Sat, 25 May 2013 21:52:59 +0000 http://wxguardwind.com/?p=567 In Dexter, Minnesota lightning struck a 37 meter blade and caused it to split and fail. The operator is calling in a crane to remove and replace the blade, which is very expensive. The blade manufacturer should have used WXGuard segmented lightning diverters to prevent blade punctures. WXGuard lightning diverters are simple to use and […]

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]]> Great Video – Lightning Strikes Wind Turbine https://wxguardwind.com/lightning-news/great-video-lightning-strikes-wind-turbine/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:24:47 +0000 http://wxguardwind.com/?p=543 This is another great video of lightning striking a wind turbine. With the advent of cameras in mobile phones, it’s likely we’ll see a lot more of this type of video in the future. Videos like the one below help scientists and engineers learn about the interactions of lightning on wind turbines. In this particular […]

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]]> New Video: Turbine Struck By Lightning! https://wxguardwind.com/lightning-news/new-video-turbine-struck-by-lightning/ Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:57:20 +0000 http://wxguardwind.com/?p=518 During a recent storm, this video captured lightning striking the blade of a wind turbine. The strike is very bright and loud! One interesting note is the duration of the lightning strike. The turbine rotates about 30 degrees from start to finish. This rotation affects where lightning will attach to the blade. To protect your […]

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]]> Blade Lightning Protection Affected by Blade Speeds https://wxguardwind.com/lightning-news/blade-lightning-protection-affected-by-blade-speeds/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:56:44 +0000 http://wxguardwind.com/?p=479 A new paper has been published by Energy magazine that discusses the effects of wind turbine blade speeds on the lightning protection system. From the testing conducted by the authors, it appears that lightning punctures near the tip increases as the tip speed increases. See an abstract of the paper at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544212005622

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