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 ...
Even as investigations continue into what caused the blade on Vineyard Wind turbine AW-38 to collapse last month, sending splintered fiberglass, rigid foam and balsa wood into the ocean, limited ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In a first-of-its-kind agreement, Nantucket has secured a $10.5 million settlement from GE Vernova over last year’s wind turbine blade failure — an incident that littered the island’s beaches with ...
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 ...