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Vattenfall launches clean-up operation after rotor and blades fall into sea during maintenance work<\/p>\n
A turbine rotor and three blades have fallen into the sea at Vattenfall\u2019s\u00a0150MW Ormonde<\/a><\/small><\/span>\u00a0offshore wind farm, off the north-west coast of\u00a0England<\/a>.<\/p>\n The components \u2013 weighing a combined 126 tonnes \u2013 fell from lifting equipment during planned maintenance work, the developer stated.<\/p>\n Some of the turbine components have broken up and debris has come ashore.<\/p>\n Vattenfall believes that the tide might carry some debris across a wider area, it stated.<\/p>\n It has launched a clean-up operation and investigation into the incident, and has asked nearby residents to report if they find debris.<\/p>\n No one was injured during the incident, Vattenfall confirmed.<\/p>\n The wind farm consists of 30 of Senvion\u2019s 5.0M126 turbines and was commissioned in 2012.<\/p>\n At the time, they were the largest and most powerful turbines deployed at a commercial wind farm off the UK, according to\u00a0Windpower Intelligence<\/a>, the research and data division of Windpower Monthly.<\/p>\n Vattenfall owns 51% of the project 9km from Barrow-in-Furness in north-western England, while\u00a0Swedish pension firm AMF<\/a>\u00a0owns the remaining 49%.<\/p>\n