A preliminary analysis of the Vineyard Wind turbine that failed has found that, although the fundamental design of the machine’s 351-foot blades is sound, a manufacturing flaw caused one of them to ...
NANTUCKET, MASS. (WHDH) - The failure off Nantucket is just the latest incident involving wind turbines, with the mishaps now renewing talks about safety. Earlier this year, 7 Investigates uncovered a ...
WHAT’S BLAMED FOR THE FAILURE. MATT. WELL, ANTOINETTE VINEYARD WIND BELIEVES A MANUFACTURING MISSTEP RESULTED IN THIS WIND TURBINE BLADE FAILING. NEW IMAGES THIS MORNING SHOW THAT DAMAGED BLADE ABOUT ...
Debris from a broken offshore wind turbine has for days been washing up on the Nantucket shore, prompting beach closures and frustrating locals at the peak of the summer season. The massive turbine ...
The massive offshore wind turbine blade that broke and spread fiberglass and foam debris across Nantucket beaches this week was one of several recent failures of blades made by GE Vernova – a top US ...
Approximately one year after a wind turbine failed off the coast of Nantucket, resulting in debris washing ashore during the height of the summer tourist season, a settlement will create a fund to ...
The reliability of GE Vernova’s offshore wind turbines is being called in question yet again after another blade failure was announced thousands of miles away from Nantucket, in Dogger Bank, U.K. last ...
NANTUCKET – The federal government has ordered the Vineyard Wind farm to shut down until further notice because of a turbine blade failure this weekend. Several beaches were closed on Tuesday while ...
On July 26, CFACT’s President Craig Rucker sent Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin a letter warning him about the serious risk of blade failure in the giant offshore wind facility being built off ...