One common concern, however, is whether installing solar panels on a pitched roof might affect the roof's structure.
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Beaches were closed in the tony beachfront town of Nantucket, Massachusetts when an offshore windmill blade exploded into pieces, many of which washed ashore, endangering beachgoers with shards of fiberglass.
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Modern onshore wind turbines commonly feature blades averaging between 70 to 85 meters (approximately 230 to 279 feet) in length.
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Conclusions are that such non fire resistant turbine blades would deform and disintegrate in fires, with possible blade blocks and with burning fragments causing spotting fires, ground fires and local air quality problems (soot, fragments, liquid and gas emissions.
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