Vineyard Wind, the nation''s first large-scale offshore wind farm, was shut down by the federal government on Tuesday after a turbine blade failure sent thousands of pieces of debris into the ocean and
Massachusetts is becoming familiar with turbine failures, with Friday''s blade collapse in Plymouth following a similar incident off the shores of Nantucket in the summer of 2024.
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.
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.
A massive wind turbine blade shattered offshore Massachusetts causing extensive debris, which shut down beaches on Nantucket Island and caused serious concern to fishermen, who worried that the
A wind turbine blade fell in a Plymouth cranberry bog on Nov. 7. Officials and the operator are assessing the site and cause, and planning cleanup.
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 when an alarm
Stunning video from Buzzards Bay in Plymouth shows a broken wind turbine after one of the blades became detached on Friday afternoon. The blade fell into a cranberry bog below the turbine.
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 Friday. Investigators
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...
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