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The fallout from Vineyard Wind''s broken turbine blade

Within hours of fiberglass from a broken offshore wind turbine washing ashore on Nantucket, clean energy and anti-wind advocates jumped on the story, and two competing narratives
Broken Blades, Angry Fishermen and Rising Costs Slow Offshore Wind

The collapse of a giant wind turbine blade off the Massachusetts coast confirmed Peter Kaizer''s worst fears about the dangers a new clean energy business could pose to fishermen like him.
OR&R Modeling Tracks Path of Broken Offshore Wind Turbine

NOAA''s Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) provided important information to aid in tracking the path of wind turbine blade parts after the offshore wind energy company, Vineyard
Why did Vineyard Wind''s turbine blade fail?

On Saturday, July 13, a newly installed turbine at the Vineyard Wind farm started undergoing routine testing before it could send power to the grid. It had been operating for six hours
Feds shut down Vineyard Wind project following turbine blade failure

A turbine in the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm suffered an apparent blade failure on July 13, leaving debris in the water and washing up on Nantucket Island, offshore Massachusetts.
Turbine Blade Breaks Apart and Washes Ashore from Vineyard Wind

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, reports the incident happened on Saturday evening, July 13, when one of the blades on the
Root Causes and Mechanisms of Failure of Wind Turbine Blades:

A review of the root causes and mechanisms of damage and failure to wind turbine blades is presented in this paper. In particular, the mechanisms of leading edge erosion, adhesive joint degradation,
Photos of broken wind turbine in Buzzards Bay, MA – NBC Boston

People in the area said they felt their homes shake when the machinery fell into a cranberry bog. The blade of a wind turbine broke off the structure in southeastern Massachusetts on
Broken Windmill Blade Closes Nantucket Beaches

Beaches were closed in the tony beachfront town of Nantucket, Massachusetts when an offshore windmill blade exploded into pieces, many of which washed ashore, endangering
The broken wind turbine near Nantucket was ''highly unusual and rare

The massive offshore wind turbine blade that broke near Nantucket was one of several recent failures of blades made by GE Vernova – a top US wind turbine manufacturer.