Answer: Neo has no multi-megawatt wind turbines as of May, 2009 - and we have no jobs related to wind which would produce experience in this line of work. (not that Clipper wanted the experience - I'm sure they didn't).
The photo is kindly supplied by a New York source and shows one of four blade clusters undergoing blade root repair at the Steelwinds project in Lackawanna/Hamburg, New York.
Steelwinds is a Clipper Wind project which (last year)was first hampered by gear/gear box failures - which required each of the 8 turbines at the Bethleham site to have their gear boxes removed and replaced.
As of mid-May, 2009, 4 of the 8 turbines have their three blades removed for glass composite repair/strengthening. I don't know the mode of failure but it is located at the outward portion of the round root of each blade. The blades were manufactured in Brazil according to Clipper [1].
The remaining 4 turbines are in operation.
Steelwinds is an ideal site for the installation of wind turbines, and I am sympathetic with what must be seen as a discouraging chain of events for Clipper. New designs aren't easy - the European wind turbine companies can attest to that I am sure.
However, during the same period that Clipper and Hamburg have made mistakes and attempted to fix them, Cleveland and NorthEastOhio have done nothing.
I'm not sure which is more discouraging.
