An ‘unusual and rare’ wind turbine failure is littering Nantucket beaches with debris, angering locals
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — 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 blade – as long as a football field – was part of the Vineyard Wind farm
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An ‘unusual and rare’ wind turbine failure is littering Nantucket beaches with debris, angering locals
NANTUCKET, MASS. (WHDH) - Debris has turned up on southern-facing Nantucket beaches following an incident Saturday in which the blades of a Vineyard Wind turbine
The federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said it dispatched a team to work with Vineyard Wind “on an analysis of the cause of the incident and next steps.”
Debris has been moving toward Nantucket from the location of the turbines, 15 miles southwest of the island and south of Martha’s Vineyard. The company said it is deploying two teams of four people to Nantucket to remove debris from this island’s south-facing beaches.
Several Nantucket beaches were closed on Tuesday while crews worked to clean up "large floating debris and fiberglass shards" from a broken wind turbine blade.
The blade was damaged Saturday evening, casting large and small pieces of fiberglass debris into the ocean, which then washed ashore on Nantucket earlier this week.
NANTUCKET, MASS. (WHDH) - Nantucket’s south shore beaches reopened for swimming and recreational activities Wednesday, one day after officials closed the beaches due to a
Nantucket is facing a prolonged clean-up, potentially, after debris from a broken offshore wind turbine blade has begun washing up on the island's south-facing beaches.
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — 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 blade – as long as a football field – was part of the Vineyard Wind farm
Vineyard Wind said Thursday that a “significant part” of the damaged turbine fell into the waters and may lead to more debris appearing on Nantucket’s beaches in the coming days.
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