Turbine fire illuminates need for reporting mandate

Turbine fire illuminates need for reporting mandate — Opinion — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine:

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...the turbine fire at Kibby Mountain in January demonstrates the need to adapt regulation of Maine’s emerging wind energy industry to reflect newly available information.
The Jan. 16 blaze that destroyed the gearbox and electrical components behind the blade of a Kibby Mountain turbine is the first reported case of a turbine fire at a wind farm in Maine, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Speculation about its cause and the possibility that repeat incidents could trigger forest fires is contributing to a heated political debate about wind energy in Maine. Objective, publicly accessible data, not politically motivated guesswork, should drive that debate.
The statutes that allow expedited permitting of grid-scale wind energy projects in Maine do not require notification of fires, but they should.
Mainers have a right to know about fires or other potentially hazardous situations at large-scale industrial facilities like wind farms.

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Photos of a similarly burned turbine, in Ontario, here
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