Published Date: 09 February 2009
Tuesday 7am –
The damage to one of Ecotricity’s wind turbines on Fen Lane, Conisholme, was not caused by a UFO a report has concluded.
Speculation reached fever pitch after a the Louth Leader reported a number of local people seeing strange lights in the sky in the vicinity of the wind park.
But, following several weeks of forensic examination of the turbines components the manufacturer, Enercon, has today ruled out ‘collision’ as a possible cause.
An interim report has concluded that bolts securing the blade to the hub of the turbine failed due to ‘material fatigue’.