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Nantucket residents blast GE Vernova, Vineyard Wind execs for 'environmental disaster'
Executives from Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova were on the hot seat Wednesday night as angry Nantucket residents lashed out following an offshore wind blade failure Saturday night that sent tons of fiberglass and styrofoam floating to the shores of the island's pristine beaches. Islanders who packed Wednesday's Town Hall...
Vineyard Wind crisis: “Significant portion” of blade detaches from turbine off Nantucket
The Vineyard Wind crisis continues to slam Nantucket as a “significant portion” of the damaged blade detached from the turbine Thursday morning. Crews had already been busy, cleaning up debris from the blade failure that happened Saturday at Vineyard Wind 1, about 21 miles south of Nantucket. More manpower is on its way following the latest mishap, Vineyard Wind said in a statement.
Four Whalers competing in Cape summer Babe Ruth league
(July 18, 2024) The high school baseball season ended nearly two months ago on Nantucket, but four members of the Whalers’ varsity team are still in midseason form thanks to a summer baseball league on Cape Cod. Keegan Bedell, Ronald Del Rosario Gomez, Alex Horton and Eli MacIver are...
Damaged Offshore Vineyard Wind Blade ‘May Detach Soon,’ Ocean Turbines Company Says
A golden eagle is seen flying over a wind turbine in Converse County, Wyo. (AP Photo/Dina Cappiello, File) More debris is falling into the ocean from a damaged offshore wind turbine blade, and project developer Vineyard Wind said Wednesday night that a remaining piece of the blade could soon plummet.
Vineyard Wind blade failure: Nantucket residents, business scramble for lifeline
As debris from a busted wind turbine blade floats in the ocean and washes ashore, Nantucket business owners and residents are scrambling for a lifeline. Business should be booming this time of summer at ACK Surf School at Nobadeer Beach along the island’s south shore, where owner Gaven Norton says he treats every day like a week for income.
More pieces of failed Vineyard Wind turbine blade fall into ocean overnight
More pieces of the broken Vineyard Wind turbine blade initially damaged on Saturday night fell into the ocean overnight, with the remaining portion expected to fall at any time. Company representatives, including CEO Klaus Moeller, hurried out in the midst of a meeting with the Nantucket Select Board Wednesday night...
Vineyard Wind operations shut down. Bags of blade debris on Nantucket shore
All Vineyard Wind 1 operations are halted, for now, after a large section of wind turbine blade fell into the ocean over the weekend, the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement confirmed Wednesday afternoon. Following the Saturday blade failure, the agency "has issued a suspension order to Vineyard Wind...
Award-winning landscape designer featured speaker at Garden Festival
(July 18, 2024) Next week is the annual Nantucket Garden Festival, founded by the late Connie Umberger, a marvelous gardener and amateur horticulturist whose Nantucket gardens were wonderful, whimsical works of art. The festival supports the Nantucket Lighthouse School whose mission is, in part, to help students develop a sense...
Young pianist at St. Paul's Tuesday
(July 18, 2024) Acclaimed young pianist Lewellyn Sánchez-Werner will take the stage at Saint Paul’s Church Tuesday as the third featured artist in Nantucket Musical Arts Society’s 65th summer concert series. “His first appearance last year brought the house down, so on the spot, we asked him...
‘Significant part' of Vernova wind blade drops into Atlantic
The multi-day clean energy project failure south of the islands is worsening, with developers at Vineyard Wind reporting Thursday that a "significant part" of a huge, damaged and dangling wind blade has detached and dropped into the Atlantic Ocean. "This morning, a significant part of the remaining GE Vernova blade...
Here’s what we know about the damaged wind turbine casting debris onto Nantucket’s beaches
A wind turbine that is part of the Vineyard Wind project sustained damage to one of its blades last weekend, casting large and small pieces of fiberglass debris into the ocean that eventually washed onto the shores of Nantucket, prompting officials to temporarily close the beaches while a cleanup effort got underway.
Vineyard Wind says ‘significant part’ of damaged turbine blade detached Thursday morning
A “significant part” of a damaged offshore wind turbine blade detached Thursday morning and fell into the ocean, according to Vineyard Wind, raising concerns that more debris could soon wash ashore on Nantucket. The wind turbine was damaged Saturday evening and large amounts of fiberglass debris washed onto...
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