Roads congested by giant wind energy blades

Green energy is supposed to be good for the world in every way.

But large trucks carrying wind turbine trunks and blades - the size of a small football pitch - are disrupting coastal traffic across the US.

The heavy pieces of electrical systems in silver casing coming from factories far inland are paraded slowly through small towns and city streets followed by patrol cars, blocking up queues of traffic behind.

As demand for greener energy alternatives grows these slow-travelling disruptions are likely to be more frequent, the clean energy giant structures are likely to become a real nuisance.

Almost 200 turbines a year travel through the coastal tourist town of Belfast, Me, on their way to one of the larger port of Maine with parts coming from Denmark and Vietnam. After talks with the town officials agreed most of the transport would go on at night.

This can cause thousands of dollars in damage  - in Minnesota last year a turbine got stuck over a railway crossing - the train stopped just in time.

Transportation and logistics can cost up to $150,000. Texas is the state with the most wind turbines in the US and is a victim to small road cracking.

Problem is, the turbines and blades cannot be broke up into pieces - as this would damage their inner electrical systems. Some companies are looking into transportation by train to save damage and money.

Even travelling by train could cause some hazards however - with low bridges threatening to rip the blades to pieces.

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