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Vestas blade snaps at RWE offshore wind farm in UK North Sea

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Vestas blade snaps at RWE offshore wind farm in UK North Sea

A 20-metre section of a blade has broken off a Vestas turbine at an RWE wind farm in the UK North Sea and is missing, according to the wind farm’s control room.

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