Didn’t know where to post this. Just west and a bit north of Hays Ks is a windfarm. Today All of the wind powered generators were completely stopped. Had never seen that before. Anyone know why? There was plenty of wind.

  • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Was it really windy? Turbines need steady medium wind speeds to operate; when the wind speed increases above a threshold they stop generating, and sometimes angle the blades to reduce the drag (so the mast and foundation aren’t overstressed).

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      23 days ago

      It was really windy in a.m. As still pretty windy at 4 p.m. when I viewed them.