아래는 호주의 ABC 뉴스 2025년 11월 21일 기사입니다.
전국의 풍력 발전 단지에서 석면이 포함된 리프트 브레이크 패드가 발견되면서 긴급 안전 대응이 시작되었습니다.
WorkSafe Victoria와 중국 기업 Goldwind Science and Technology Co. Ltd의 자회사인 재생 에너지 기업 Goldwind Australia는 자사 시설의 풍력 터빈 리프트에 사용되는 브레이크 패드에서 백석면이 발견되었다고 밝혔습니다.
브레이크 패드는 중국에 본사를 둔 3S Industry에서 공급했습니다.
3S Industry는 호주에 브레이크 패드를 공급하는 몇 안되는 공급업체 중 하나입니다. 이는 호주 풍력 터빈의 많은 부분이 영향을 받을 수 있음을 의미합니다.
호주에서는 2003년부터 석면과 석면 함유 제품의 수입을 금지하고 있습니다.
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The discovery of asbestos-ridden lift brake pads has sparked an urgent safety response at wind farms across the country.
WorkSafe Victoria and renewable energy company Goldwind Australia, a subsidiary of Chinese firm Goldwind Science and Technology Co. Ltd, said white asbestos was found in brake pads used in wind turbine lifts at its facilities.
The brake pads were supplied by 3S Industry, a major Chinese-based supplier to Australia.
3S Industry is one of a few brake pad suppliers to Australia, meaning a significant percentage of the country's wind turbines could be affected.
Interstate regulators have united to form a coordinated safety response.
The importation of asbestos, or goods containing asbestos, has been illegal in Australia since 2003.
The contaminated brake pads were confirmed to be in use at Goldwind's Cattle Hill Wind Farm in Tasmania.
A Goldwind spokesperson said regulatory authorities were immediately informed and access restricted.
"All staff access to the affected turbines with 3S lifts has been restricted across the entire Goldwind Australia fleet," the spokesperson said.
Goldwind wind farms contribute more than 1.8 gigawatts of renewable energy nationally, or about 5 per cent of Australia's annual total renewable energy generation.
The company is also planning two more projects at Moulamein and the Gilgandra Shire in New South Wales.
A company spokesperson said access to the turbines had since been restricted to approved asbestos removal specialists, and that initial reports indicated the health risk to the public was low.
Goldwind said it planned to engage specialist asbestos removalists across its wind farm locations.
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Asbestos found in wind farm lift brake pads prompts safety response
