Felling of a Thermally Damaged Wind Turbine - Controlled Demolition, Inc.

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Explosives Design and Performance Subcontractor to Main Demolition Contractor, NorthStar D and R, Inc., of, Houston, Texas and General Contractor Wanzek of Fargo, North Dakota) performs the preparation for and successful explosives felling of a thermally damaged 90-meter-tall hub height, Mitsubishi MWT102/2.4 MW wind turbine located in Lyford, Texas on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.

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  • @eurokid83
    @eurokid83 3 года назад +614

    “Thermally damaged” aka caught on fire.

  • @Douglas1ro
    @Douglas1ro 2 года назад +77

    Nice of the turbine to wait for the smoke to clear before falling down. It is appreciated.

    • @ebenitez2011
      @ebenitez2011 2 года назад

      I agree… we would of missed the tumble if not for it’s genteel manners

    • @3yanlis1bos
      @3yanlis1bos 2 года назад

      Thank God it is a quite windy site

  • @lekoman
    @lekoman 2 года назад +26

    "thermally damaged" is a fun way of saying it lit the eff up.

  • @89RASMUS
    @89RASMUS 2 года назад +49

    So.. Is "Thermally damaged" just $5 words for "It caught fire"?

  • @ClementinesmWTF
    @ClementinesmWTF 2 года назад +17

    “Thermally damaged”
    “oh interesting they must mean because of extreme heat or cold or something.”
    >a charred power unit and one blade completely gone already because of a unit-destroying fire
    “Oh…”

  • @trje246
    @trje246 2 года назад +19

    "Thermally Damaged", back in my day we used to just say 'burnt' 😛

  • @dominichines9996
    @dominichines9996 2 года назад +10

    I love how "thermally damaged" was used to describe it rather than "burnt up"

  • @RANDOMNATION907
    @RANDOMNATION907 2 года назад +99

    Fell straight into the prevailing wind! Impressive.

  • @SuperTrainStationH
    @SuperTrainStationH 2 года назад +5

    If our ancestors used the fact that machines sometimes break as justification to never build or use machines, humans would never have been able to launch rockets into space to deploy satellites to link handheld computers to a video service so that they could do exactly that thousands of years later.

  • @RomeKG471
    @RomeKG471 3 года назад +39

    Forgot to yell "windmill!"

  • @timw483
    @timw483 2 года назад +10

    There has to be a certain level of satisfaction in your life when your job is blowing stuff up

    • @joeybonin7691
      @joeybonin7691 2 года назад

      Yeah, it blowed up real good (SCTV)

  • @MontegaB
    @MontegaB 2 года назад +7

    Love that you guys cut out a wedge like you would a tree. Really appropriate calling it "felling"!

  • @yardfowl3149
    @yardfowl3149 2 года назад +9

    RIP little corns.....

  • @Man0fMeans
    @Man0fMeans 2 года назад +16

    I guess he wasn’t a ‘fan’ of his own success

  • @raygale4198
    @raygale4198 3 года назад +535

    I'm guessing you guys will be getting much busier now as all the first gen machines are approaching if not over 20 years of age and running out of service hours. The green revolution has taken a distinct brown tinge.

  • @tashalynn29
    @tashalynn29 3 года назад +13

    All the other turbines in the background still spinning merrily away as their friend falls to the ground...

    • @JohnSmith-pl2bk
      @JohnSmith-pl2bk 3 года назад +5

      Yep, just like you and I drive past an old Chevy or Ford broken down and ready to go to the scrapper....

  • @samuels1123
    @samuels1123 2 года назад +44

    Commenters be salty that wind turbines exist.

    • @TheNamesArif
      @TheNamesArif 2 года назад +3

      yes, I have no clue why? they like to smoke coal I guess

    • @zebrashark23
      @zebrashark23 2 года назад +2

      They suck

  • @russellmoore8187
    @russellmoore8187 2 года назад +49

    Careful, petro advocates will try to claim this is somehow a point against renewables
    LMAO

  • @victorjeffers1993
    @victorjeffers1993 2 года назад +83

    Now that was smooth ! 👍👍

  • @Dbdorr
    @Dbdorr 2 года назад +71

    Cyrano gets his revenge at last.

  • @kamurray67
    @kamurray67 3 года назад +21

    Thermally damaged means fire right??? Lol

    • @knightwolf3511
      @knightwolf3511 3 года назад

      Ya the oil in the motor must have leaked and somehow by a spark caused a fire

    • @abpsd73
      @abpsd73 3 года назад +5

      I guess it is the politically correct way of saying it burnt. I was expecting "thermally damaged" to be something was melted, not rendered into charcoal and ash.

    • @slimlol-j5b
      @slimlol-j5b 3 года назад +1

      @@abpsd73 I assume it's the more "scientific" way of saying it?

  • @Prissypants_itsAFamilyNameOkay
    @Prissypants_itsAFamilyNameOkay 3 года назад +570

    It's a good thing there are coal-fired power plants.

  • @huudathot
    @huudathot 2 года назад +1

    Nice the way the subtle watermark emerges from the dust cloud approaching.

  • @Schrasma
    @Schrasma 2 года назад +8

    you cant fix it with duct tape? ok bring in the dynamite!!

  • @Steve211Ucdhihifvshi
    @Steve211Ucdhihifvshi 2 года назад +3

    So gracefully falls down.

  • @waypointman
    @waypointman 2 года назад +12

    The most satisfying thing I have seen in a long time...Now that needs to happen to all the rest of them!

  • @ke6gwf
    @ke6gwf 3 года назад +10

    "thermally damaged"... Lol
    Another beautiful job!

  • @andystevens7557
    @andystevens7557 2 года назад +2

    The way it just stood there for a moment after the explosion, reminded me of countless "movie kills" where the bad guy is decapitated, but just doesn't realize it yet.

  • @patrick247two
    @patrick247two 3 года назад +70

    I like how the foundations are not damaged. You can erect a new turbine in the same spot.

    • @kurtwomack6473
      @kurtwomack6473 3 года назад +18

      It's amazing how much concrete and steel it takes, they are huge!

    • @UltraMagaFan
      @UltraMagaFan 3 года назад +25

      I'm pretty sure that's the point. These things are already expensive I doubt they want to build a new foundation.

  • @geoffreylee5199
    @geoffreylee5199 3 года назад +16

    AntiWindmill guys will like this.

  • @jeffreyrobinson5769
    @jeffreyrobinson5769 2 года назад +725

    So called renewable enery at work

  • @redtsun67
    @redtsun67 2 года назад +5

    they must have realized after they built it that it was 1 block off

  • @craig243ful
    @craig243ful 3 года назад +16

    all i can say is well done alot of things could have went wronge but didn't

  • @jimmyjango5213
    @jimmyjango5213 2 года назад +6

    I wonder how far that chunk that got blown off went? That was cool!

    • @cuttheloop
      @cuttheloop 2 года назад +4

      Bet the combine operator who found it a couple months later didn't think it was so cool.

    • @S3V3N_
      @S3V3N_ 2 года назад +3

      Probably about 300 Meters or 984.252 Foot or 328.084 Yard. But it´s just a guess

  • @mikearmstrong8483
    @mikearmstrong8483 3 года назад +8

    I was wondering if they did that right for a little bit.

  • @olsongl
    @olsongl 2 года назад +5

    1:10 looks like Jar Jar Binks falling down

  • @jenniferpetersen2788
    @jenniferpetersen2788 3 года назад +3

    That was some heartbreaking Iron Giant stuff🥺
    Nice demolition, though😭😭

  • @AzzrudinJamil
    @AzzrudinJamil 2 года назад +5

    Was waiting for a POV shot. 🤭

  • @Timfamy
    @Timfamy 2 года назад +7

    Wondering what all the dust come from at the top?

    • @Epimyst
      @Epimyst 2 года назад +7

      Ash/residue left from the fire.

    • @billmedvec5514
      @billmedvec5514 2 года назад +5

      soot from the fire.

    • @cuttheloop
      @cuttheloop 2 года назад +4

      Carbon

    • @houstonhelicoptertours1006
      @houstonhelicoptertours1006 2 года назад +5

      Ashes and burned parts from the "thermal damage".

    • @russellmoore8187
      @russellmoore8187 2 года назад +3

      Probably some of it was thrown up by the det, plus it became a giant chimney so all the dust on the ground can be funneled up and out

  • @Backroad_Junkie
    @Backroad_Junkie 3 года назад +46

    Waiting... Waiting... Waiting... Ah, there it goes! 😁

  • @asimplecheeseburgerwfries469
    @asimplecheeseburgerwfries469 3 года назад +5

    ah, I see what you mean about 'Thermally damaged'.

  • @Dragonuv2002
    @Dragonuv2002 2 года назад +8

    I hope the power company compensated that farmer very well.

  • @spuds6423
    @spuds6423 3 года назад +74

    Big Pinwheel Faw Down an Go Boom;!!!🤔😃😃😃

  • @thelatiosmaster
    @thelatiosmaster 2 года назад +9

    "thermally damaged"...
    dude, just say that it BURNED

  • @yt650
    @yt650 3 года назад +8

    There’s going to be a lot more of those hitting the ground in the future. Especially old technology from 20 years ago. CDI the best in the business.

    • @raygale4198
      @raygale4198 3 года назад +5

      Yes, 20 years life time. The first generation machines are all coming out of service hours and due to technology changes are scrap. I hope the cost of removal and dumping gets factored into the 'green' equation.

  • @maloxster
    @maloxster Год назад

    Dude, even the camera vibrated because of the sheer weight of a falling wind turbine

  • @kpkndusa
    @kpkndusa 3 года назад +118

    Most satisfying, and delightful. Do the rest.

  • @themaconeau
    @themaconeau 3 года назад +2

    Nicely done. 👍

  • @bjdouma
    @bjdouma 3 года назад +13

    Such grace.

  • @ericdanielski4802
    @ericdanielski4802 3 года назад +2

    Nice video.

  • @wdwerker
    @wdwerker 3 года назад +9

    I love the hang time until you can see the motion accelerating. Seems like a number of wind turbines fail prematurely for different reasons. Thanks to Loizeaux for sharing these clips !

  • @andrewkiwi1
    @andrewkiwi1 3 года назад +3

    Its like trees. It looks like there is a lot more of them when they are laying on the ground.

  • @MrUranium238
    @MrUranium238 3 года назад +4

    "Thermally damage" took me a while to figure out what that meant 😜

  • @heene
    @heene 3 года назад +1

    Wow that took a long time before it started moving!

  • @nicolagill7753
    @nicolagill7753 Год назад +2

    Thermally Fire 🔥!

  • @rckc.1719
    @rckc.1719 3 года назад +186

    Now what will power all the electric vehicles they are going to force us to buy?..

    • @JohnSmith-pl2bk
      @JohnSmith-pl2bk 3 года назад +104

      The newer, more efficient, far larger replacements.....
      Your old Ford and Chevy go to recycling...well before 20 years on average....so do these machines when they become like the Model T or Blue Flame of the wind generators.
      They will be replaced by far larger and more efficient ones....using the same real estate...and the power grid already installed ....
      Much like 2021 Fords and Chevys use the roads we already have...

  • @rrknl5187
    @rrknl5187 3 года назад +4

    Very well done!!

  • @ryanaiden
    @ryanaiden 2 года назад +3

    I listen to this instead of thunder sounds at night.

  • @gus473
    @gus473 3 года назад +2

    👍🏼 Awesome, as ever! 😎

  • @mer2705
    @mer2705 2 года назад +1

    Awesome debris field

  • @toddribnek6660
    @toddribnek6660 3 года назад +2

    I almost thought it wouldn't fall

  • @MarttiSuomivuori
    @MarttiSuomivuori 2 года назад

    Thermally damaged, vertically compromized.

  • @ChiefCabioch
    @ChiefCabioch 3 года назад +108

    Eventually they will all meet the same fate

  • @chriswalford4161
    @chriswalford4161 3 года назад +4

    Why’d they fell it instead of replacing the nacelle?

    • @SLO-Ride
      @SLO-Ride 3 года назад +13

      Blades were damaged, top of the tower was compromised, likely burning oil and debris fell inside the tower damaging load wires and cables. Replacing the entire structure, would be cheaper than the added man-hours to repair.

    • @JohnSmith-pl2bk
      @JohnSmith-pl2bk 3 года назад +2

      @Supersquid
      The replacement turbine and tower will be far larger......

  • @demolitiondavedrillandblast
    @demolitiondavedrillandblast 3 года назад +1

    Good job!

  • @obsessedwithcars219
    @obsessedwithcars219 3 года назад +2

    Keep em coming ! Love the videos!!!

  • @cs975l6
    @cs975l6 2 года назад +1

    CDI is the best at what they do😁😁😁😁😁😌😌😌😎😎

  • @chrisholdread174
    @chrisholdread174 3 года назад +116

    I feel sorry for the land owner. I hope the turbine owners was out their picking up every last bit and flake of trash left behind

  • @ChiefCabioch
    @ChiefCabioch 3 года назад +38

    What pray tell is a thermally damaged wind mill?

  • @annaandjelkovic2337
    @annaandjelkovic2337 3 года назад +163

    and now - straight to landfill ..ffs

  • @lonestar1775
    @lonestar1775 3 года назад +98

    I feel bad for the farmer. Lost corn and now has scrap metal getting stuck in his machines.

    • @JohnSmith-pl2bk
      @JohnSmith-pl2bk 3 года назад +41

      He will be adequately compensated...they usually lease the land for 75 years....

    • @inothome
      @inothome 3 года назад +50

      He's making plenty on the lease. Don't feel bad for them.

  • @enderefecerit1980
    @enderefecerit1980 Год назад +2

    It fell like a Power Rangers enemy.

  • @assassinlexx1993
    @assassinlexx1993 3 года назад +85

    Don't like the lawyer speak.
    Thermo damage = it went up in flames.
    Green power failure again.

    • @robert1975031
      @robert1975031 3 года назад +16

      if I'm correct I think these were some of the ones that froze during the big winter storm texas had a few months back.. but I could be wrong. I hardly call these things "Green" anyway. seems like they generate more waste than electricity..

  • @SLO-Ride
    @SLO-Ride 3 года назад +36

    The energy used to build it, maintain it, blow it down, and destroy it, was more than the turbine ever could replace. Environmentally sound? Just ask the corn farmer who owns that field...

    • @rgarito
      @rgarito 3 года назад +5

      The same can be said for any generating system

    • @SLO-Ride
      @SLO-Ride 3 года назад +18

      @@rgarito Nuclear pays for itself. Diablo Canyon nuke plant in California, generates over a billion dollars BACK into the state annually. Just imagine what a dozen plants could do for a state, or a country. while generating hundreds of thousands of gigawatts every year, with no emissions or other "carbon footprint".
      And...before you say it...Yucca Mountain is still ready to safely receive and store waste material.

    • @texasww6853
      @texasww6853 3 года назад +10

      @@rgarito they are ugly scars on the sky line😕

    • @pcpablo2
      @pcpablo2 3 года назад +18

      Corn farmer cashes his check and says thank you.

    • @LittlePeskyRascal18192
      @LittlePeskyRascal18192 3 года назад +18

      The corn farmer is fine with them he's very well compensated for the use of his land

  • @somejoe7777
    @somejoe7777 3 года назад

    Well done!

  • @tomtaphorn7870
    @tomtaphorn7870 3 года назад

    Beautiful

  • @donnawoodman6249
    @donnawoodman6249 3 года назад +9

    No more blowing in the wind 💨 😩

  • @MrSatyre1
    @MrSatyre1 3 года назад +91

    What an environmental mess. Wind turbine blades are non-recyclable. Solar panels are non-recyclable.

    • @fractal5764
      @fractal5764 3 года назад +21

      Wind turbine blades are recyclable. Just melt them down.

    • @parajacks4
      @parajacks4 3 года назад +32

      You sound like a victim of corporate propaganda.
      While some old wind farms are not so well engineered, modern wind power is the best and the cheapest way to generate electricity.
      Wind power is cheaper than oil or coal powered electricity.

    • @LittlePeskyRascal18192
      @LittlePeskyRascal18192 3 года назад +27

      Actually, as of recently they figured out how to recycle them

  • @User5_
    @User5_ 2 года назад +1

    Dropped it in to the wind??

  • @mickyday2008
    @mickyday2008 2 года назад +2

    Nice video but that watermark thing is as annoying as f***

  • @theluth9046
    @theluth9046 3 года назад

    If I was doing that, I wouldn't feel safe a 100 miles from there!
    Another 10+ Blast!!

  • @spinsandneedles
    @spinsandneedles 2 года назад +1

    Could have made a nice condo up on top.

  • @ristube3319
    @ristube3319 2 года назад +4

    Guess they ran out of wind there

  • @davidpactol5758
    @davidpactol5758 3 года назад +6

    Was the back side of that cut out before demolition? If so, what lucky guy got to do that?

  • @otho03
    @otho03 3 года назад +8

    Beautifully exploded, everyone.

  • @Histepford
    @Histepford 2 года назад

    Bruh it got 666,902 views thank you Controlled demolition incorporated

  • @BD-bditw
    @BD-bditw 2 года назад

    Next, when they get the fires in Australia, we will be told that the forests have been "Thermally Damaged".

  • @joeybonin7691
    @joeybonin7691 2 года назад

    Looky there, it got blowed up real good.

  • @OFFICIALGUSRICHLEN
    @OFFICIALGUSRICHLEN 3 года назад +5

    Guessing this has to do with the freak cold weather from earlier in the year?

  • @picobyte
    @picobyte 3 года назад +6

    What caused the fire?

    • @SLO-Ride
      @SLO-Ride 3 года назад +17

      .........heat.
      **snerkkk**

    • @JohnSmith-pl2bk
      @JohnSmith-pl2bk 3 года назад +23

      Exceeding the temperature at which the materials in question retained their "non-burning" status...?

  • @bryanwiedeman3154
    @bryanwiedeman3154 2 года назад +2

    Great wind call…..they were ass backwards

  • @davidflanagan1653
    @davidflanagan1653 3 года назад

    Nice.

  • @williammacarthur9040
    @williammacarthur9040 3 года назад +105

    It looks like there's not really a viable future for wind power. Unfortunate.

  • @kurtwomack6473
    @kurtwomack6473 3 года назад +53

    Fun to watch, but what a waste.

    • @JohnSmith-pl2bk
      @JohnSmith-pl2bk 3 года назад +26

      Old replaced by new...
      Your old Ford and Chevy go to recycling...well before 20 years on avaerage....so do these machines when they become like the Model T or Blue Flame of the wind generators.
      They will be replaced by far larger and more efficient ones....using the same real estate...and the power grid already installed ....
      Much like 2021 Fords and Chevys use the roads we already have...

  • @bone3293
    @bone3293 2 года назад +5

    Rebuild the Rotor and Propeller was not an Option ? .... "Green Tec" i love That°°

    • @Tremor244
      @Tremor244 2 года назад

      it was probably beyond saving, the entire upper section burned to ash, probably lots of damage to the shaft too, to rebuild it and get it approved would probably cost more than just replacing it with a new one.

  • @dig1035
    @dig1035 2 года назад

    Fun but expensive!

  • @agermangineer
    @agermangineer 2 года назад +4

    1:47 dude…. Just unscrew the bottom!

  • @fallon55
    @fallon55 3 года назад +13

    This is supposed to be a source of 'green energy'. What happens now with demolished structure? I have been told that the majority of it has to go to a special land fill since it is not recyclable or biodegradable.

    • @rgarito
      @rgarito 3 года назад +6

      Only the blades on SOME of them. The rest is mostly steel.

    • @raygale4198
      @raygale4198 3 года назад +9

      @@rgarito All the machines installed in Australia in the last 20 years have been using non recyclable glass reinforced plastic blades (fibreglass). At that to the e waste from the inverters, the control gear, oils, greases all just smooshed into the field and it's a mess.

  • @Mekratrig
    @Mekratrig 2 года назад +1

    So Ah'm guesting they not gong to replace wit a new one.

  • @remilamsiomlerthianssetlartl
    @remilamsiomlerthianssetlartl Год назад

    Where's the 3rd blade

    • @RX7Drifter
      @RX7Drifter Год назад +2

      Burnt out or fell off during the fire