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Damaged Vineyard Wind turbine now struck by lightning – The Nantucket Current
Damaged Vineyard Wind Turbine Struck By Lightning, Nantucket Current Photo: The Nantucket Current, Vineyard Wind’s AW-38 turbine that suffered a blade failure in July 2024, seen here in September 2024 – Dan LeMaitre by Jason Graziadei • Mar 02, 2025 The same Vineyard Wind turbine that suffered a blade failure last summer was struck by…
Read MoreSouthCoast Wind anticipates 4-year delay for offshore wind farm – Nantucket Current
Image, top, SouthCoast Wind, Nantucket Current – Colin A. Young, State House News Service • Feb 27, 2025 Officials behind the SouthCoast Wind project are no longer committing to start construction by the end of 2025, and it could be delayed until 2029 based on the uncertainty President Donald Trump has injected into the industry,…
Read MoreExecutive Order slams brakes on Offshore Wind – The Nantucket Current
Jason Graziadei – The Nantucket Current In an executive order signed just hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump slammed the brakes on the nascent offshore wind industry. President Trump had been signaling his opposition to offshore wind projects for months and promised during his campaign to end them on “day one.” His executive…
Read MoreMaker of Vineyard Wind turbine blades accused of scheme to falsify data – Nantucket Current
Jason Graziadei • Nov 10, 2024, Nantucket Current Published in cooperation with The Nantucket Current Image: Google Maps Following the publication of a Canadian media report [see below] alleging a “data falsification scheme” at one of its wind turbine blade manufacturing plants, GE Vernova – the company supplying the wind turbines for Vineyard Wind – acknowledged that “corrective actions” had…
Read MoreVineyard Wind to take down more blades following inspections after July failure – Nantucket Current
Report from Jason Graziadei • Oct 23, 2024. Photo: Kit Noble – The Nantucket Current (reprinted with permissions) Vineyard Wind will be removing more blades that have already been installed at the wind farm southwest of Nantucket following the completion of inspections conducted in the aftermath of the July 13th blade failure. GE Vernova, the…
Read MoreVineyard Wind ordered to do environmental harm study from blade failure – The Nantucket Current
Feds Requiring Vineyard Wind To Complete New Study On “Environmental Harm” From Blade Failure Reprinted from The Nantucket Current – Jason Graziadei • Oct 16, 2024 – with permissions The federal agency that suspended the Vineyard Wind project following the July 13 blade failure is now requiring the company to complete a new study evaluating…
Read MoreVineyard Wind failure: Nantucket Select Board chair on town’s response – Nantucket Current
Printed with permission of The Nantucket Current Photo: The Nantucket Current To the editor: Since the Vineyard Wind 1 turbine blade shattered and fell into the ocean off Nantucket and began washing ashore, Town leadership, like the public, has been alarmed and deeply concerned. While our community is committed to doing our part to address…
Read MoreClimate change experiment on hold to put lye and caustic soda into ocean – The Nantucket Current
WHOI Delays Geoengineering Experiment To Combat Climate Change In Waters Off Nantucket JohnCarl McGrady • Aug 26, 2024 – The Nantucket Current – Photo Facing pressure from the National Marine Fisheries Service and difficulty in acquiring a fully-equipped research vessel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute has delayed a controversial small-scale study on the effects of ocean…
Read MoreVineyard Wind installed largest offshore turbines in the world. Were they ready? – Nantucket Current
update on vineyard wind turbine accident
Read MoreUPDATED: NEW Vineyard Wind farm malfunctions. Nantucket closes beaches – Nantucket Current
vineyard wind farm debris litters south beaches of Nantucket
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