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Video shows the turbine after being struck by lightning, not the lightning strike itself. One of its blades is on fire.

There must be some mechanism to mitigate lightning strikes. Feathering the blades? Applying the brakes? Neither will put out the fire -- but it will be less click-worthy... and maybe the cows, below, will appreciate not having debris rain down on them.

I'm guessing the vast majority of lightning strikes don't start fires on wind turbines.

I guess I'll see - we had a wind farm installed several miles from us a number of years ago. So far none have burned even though we get our fair share of thunderstorms. I'll keep an eye out.

>I wonder how much damage a burning blade does to the environment?

>Less than a coal fired power plant does every minute.

Video – Wind turbine struck by lighting in Cromwell, Texas