美国加利福尼亚州南部Ocotillo风场一台西门子2.37MW-108机组发生倒塔事故

　　11月21日，位于美国加利福尼亚州南部Ocotillo风场的一台西门子机组发生倒塔事故，事故机型为Siemens 2.37MW-108，西门子方面透露的此次事故初步调查结果显示：由于叶片内部抗剪腹板出现裂纹导致此次倒塔事故。 　　
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　　Investigators believe blade cracks resulted in the collapse of a Siemens 2.37MW-108 SWT turbine at Pattern Energy’s 265MW Ocotillo wind farm in southern California.
　　
　　Preliminary root cause analysis carried out by Siemens has concluded that cracks in the “structural member of the interior of the blade known as the shear web” caused it to strike the tower, which then lead to the tower collapsing last month.
　　
　　“This type of crack is slow to develop and can be seen via visual inspection of the inside of the blade prior to progressing to failure,” the wind farm owners said.
　　
　　It added that this is the first time a fault of this nature has occurred to this blade type and is “unrelated” to a blade failure at the facility in 2013.
　　
　　Siemens is currently conducting internal inspections of all the wind farm’s turbines, which will only be returned to service “after confirming this type of incident is unlikely to recur", the owners said.
　　
　　Ocotillo comprises 112 Siemens turbines and has been fully operational since July 2013.
　　
　　Electricity generated by the wind farm is sold to San Diego Gas & Electric under a 20-year power purchase agreement.