Wind turbines and lightning very very frightening – and cyber security
Javvad Malik
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
I saw a video on the BBC about a wind Turbine catching fire after a lightning strike. The video looked kind of cool as the flaming blades were spinning creating rings of smoke. With a bit of digging, it transpired that lightning strikes on wind turbines are very common and is only set to get worse as turbines get taller and blades are increasingly made of carbon.
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