{"id":353946,"date":"2024-12-11T16:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=353946"},"modified":"2024-12-11T16:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:06:07","slug":"storm-darragh-leaves-u-k-solar-farm-in-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=353946","title":{"rendered":"Storm Darragh Leaves U.K. Solar Farm in Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Richard Eldred<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Storm Darragh has ripped through hundreds of panels at the Porth Wen solar farm and destroyed a wind turbine. The Mail <\/em>has more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hundreds of panels at the giant 190-acre Porth Wen solar farm in Anglesey, North Wales \u2013 only built two years ago \u2013 were blown off their mountings, some ripped to shreds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site at Llanbadrig, in the north of the island which is owned by French power firm EDF Energy and powers up to 9,500 households, now needs significant repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere on the island of Anglesey, blades were sheared off a wind turbine which then reportedly caught fire.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Work was continuing yesterday to reconnect thousands of homes left without power and reopen a string of railway lines in Wales and the West Country which were blocked by fallen trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storm Darragh brought severe gusts which reached 96mph at Berry Head, Devon,<\/a> and gales to the whole Irish Sea coast extending eastwards inland. \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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A statement from an EDF Renewables U.K. spokesperson said: \u201cUnfortunately our Porth Wen Solar Farm has sustained damage during Storm Darragh. We are currently assessing the extent of the damage and conducting a controlled clean up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce the initial recovery efforts are complete and the damage is fully assessed, we will carry out a full investigation and when safe to do so, resume generation. Repair work and the replacement of damaged panels is expected to carry on into early 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Worth reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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