A team of researchers led by Imperial College London estimates that an average of 117 separate blazes occur annually in the word’s turbine fleet, which it claims is 10 times more than reported publicly.
The team’s newly-published study claims fire is responsible for up to 30% of turbine accidents, with lightning strikes the top cause.
Guillermo Rein, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, said: “Fires are a problem for the industry, impacting on energy production, economic output and emitting toxic fumes.
