Iowa Farmer Regrets Signing Wind Turbine Lease After Both Turbines On Her Land Burned To The Ground

On March 25, 2023 the first of their turbines was struck by lightning and burned. The second turbine burned on May 13, of this year. The wind energy company told her that one got hit by lightning too. But there was actually no lightning in the area at the time. When she asked about lightning and fire suppression systems? They told her that it’s cheaper to clean them up after they burn than it is to maintain the lightning protection and fire suppression systems. You’ll see why later in this article when you discover what they actually did to “clean” up the mess they left behind. The company has removed the first turbine but has not cleaned up any of the debris. It is now completely worked into the ground. Because it was windy and the wind changed direction the next day, the second turbine spread debris over at least 300 acres, which included 3 neighbouring farms. They now have a cornfield that is growing fast and full of wind turbine fiberglass. They bale corn stalks to feed their cows. She didn’t know what they would have done if this had happened in October as they would not have been able to feed those cows. As it is, they can’t graze them on land that is heavily contaminated with fiberglass.

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