National Concern Arises Over Asbestos in Turbines Linked to Chinese Suppliers

An urgent national safety alert has been sounded across Australia following the alarming detection of asbestos in Chinese-manufactured wind turbines. The presence of the hazardous material in brake pads used in wind turbine tower lifts at the Goldwind Cattle Hill wind farm in central Tasmania initiated the investigations. State regulators in Victoria and NSW discovered white asbestos in other wind farm sites, intensifying the concern. Goldwind Australia, a subsidiary of Goldwind Science and Technology, is at the center of the probe, indicating that the supplied brake pads came from the major Chinese-based supplier, 3S Industry. Goldwind’s rapid response to the…