Australia's Wind Issues- The Canary in a Coal Mine For Other Countries?

The newest and biggest wind project to date in Australia is to undergo major repairs after faults were found in its commissioning process. Wind turbines at the Coppers Gap wind farm in Australia had to be repaired or replaced before they were even put into service. (1) The blades of one of the 123 turbines will have to be replaced entirely, while GE Catcon is also going  to replace 'generators'- referring to the equipment in the nacelle at the top of the wind tower —in a further 50 turbines.   The issues at Coppers Gap add to a terrible run of problems for some of Australia's largest wind farms, including the delays to the commissioning of the 336MW Dundonnell wind farm, and the fall of a blade from one of its turbines that stopped all production for several days.