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This is the Repower MM92, rated power: 2000kW, rotor diameter: 92.5m, hub height: 100m. These turbines usually shut down at about 25 m/s or 55 mph, this is the maximum operational limit The time span in the video is about 2 hours while the wind speed went up from about 18 m/s to 30 m/s. When the wind was gusting up to 30 m/s the rotor blades were pitched out of the wind.

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The braking mechanism that limits the speed of the wind turbine broke during a storm in Denmark. This was the outcome. 02/22-2008.

http://jp.dk/uknews/article1277616.ece

Bonus info:

-The tower of the mill was 60m high
-Wind speed was probably around 30 m/s
-You can see a truck at the base of the mill, but nobody was hurt. The mill had been evacuated 400m in each direction.

Vote Elgaard-Collins ‘08!!

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