{"id":337036,"date":"2024-07-20T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T07:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=337036"},"modified":"2024-07-20T09:48:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T07:48:31","slug":"shattered-wind-turbine-closes-nantucket-beaches-feds-suspend-vineyard-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=337036","title":{"rendered":"Shattered wind turbine closes Nantucket beaches feds suspend Vineyard Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Craig Rucker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A massive wind turbine blade shattered causing an extensive debris field that shut down beaches on tony Nantucket Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As workers in protective clothing resembling hazmat suits rushed to contain the damage, \u201cthe federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said Wednesday that operations at Vineyard Wind have been suspended until it can be determined whether the \u2018blade failure\u2019 impacts other turbine blades on the development,\u201d according to The Associated Pres<\/em>s<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the photos above, which were taken by whale protection activist Mary Chalke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vineyard Gazette<\/em><\/a> reports that Vineyard Wind is \u201cthe first approved and currently largest offshore wind energy project in the country\u2026 The Vineyard Wind turbines are over 800 feet tall, with blades as long as a football field. As of last month, Vineyard Wind had 10 turbines in operation, generating about 136 megawatts of power. About a dozen more were under construction. The turbines are manufactured by GE Vernova, and the company is responsible for them as they are initially installed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GE Vernova stock plummeted<\/a> 9.3% following the federal order to suspend operations.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A GE Vernova turbine blade failed<\/a> at the U.K.\u2019s massive Dogger Bank wind installation this spring, and another broke several blades<\/a> in Germany this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, America Electric Power filed suit against GE Vernova<\/a> over quality and warranty concerns, alleging that \u201cwithin only two to three years of commercial operation, the GE wind turbine generators have exhibited numerous material defects on major components and experienced several complete failures, at least one turbine blade liberation event, and other deficiencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wind turbine blades are made from fiberglass, or fiber-reinforced plastic, and cannot be recycled.  CFACT has yet to see any serious proposal as to what to do with the mountain of waste that will result when thousands of turbine blades reach the end of their useful lives in 10-20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CFACT has actively challenged the Biden Administration\u2019s rush to transform America\u2019s coasts into industrial wind turbine sites, focusing on the threat they pose to marine mammals, the power grid, and the economic hazards of mining rare earths and other materials in developing nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our federal \u201cwatchdogs\u201d should call a halt to wind turbine construction until the potential hazards they pose to the Jersey Shore, the Virginia coast, and the rest of our national waters are genuinely understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beautiful Nantucket Island and neighboring Martha\u2019s Vineyard are the chosen summer playgrounds of America\u2019s rich and famous, including Barack and Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis quipped last night that the wealthy Left \u201csupport open borders allowing millions and millions of illegal aliens to pour into our country and to burden our communities, but just don\u2019t send any to Martha\u2019s Vineyard then they get really upset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s see how the beautiful people, who have been so vociferous in pushing wind and solar on the rest of us, enjoy picking fiberglass shards out of their beach picnics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A massive wind turbine blade shattered causing an extensive debris field that shut down beaches on tony Nantucket Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":337037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691829770,691829771,691829763,691818728],"class_list":{"0":"post-337036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-fiberglass-shards","9":"tag-nantucket-island","10":"tag-vineyard-wind","11":"tag-wind-and-solar","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/00Nantucket-Wind-Turbine-Hazmat-Cleanup.jpg?fit=1334%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1pG4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":344917,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=344917","url_meta":{"origin":337036,"position":0},"title":"Wind Power Pollution and Hypocrisy in New\u00a0England","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/10\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A fractured turbine\u2019s blade in Nantucket is causing ongoing problems and frustrating local residents.","rel":"","context":"In \"fractured turbine\u2019s blade\"","block_context":{"text":"fractured turbine\u2019s blade","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=fractured-turbines-blade"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0nicholas-doherty-pONBhDyOFoM-unsplash.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0nicholas-doherty-pONBhDyOFoM-unsplash.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0nicholas-doherty-pONBhDyOFoM-unsplash.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0nicholas-doherty-pONBhDyOFoM-unsplash.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0nicholas-doherty-pONBhDyOFoM-unsplash.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":337011,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=337011","url_meta":{"origin":337036,"position":1},"title":"Vineyard Wind: Catastrophic Failure (\u2018sharp fiberglass shards\u2019 close Nantucket beaches)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"20\/07\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe Biden Administration\u2019s offshore wind ambition, not only Vineyard Wind, is going the way of the EV debacle. It is time to end the charade, even before the Presidential election.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In \"offshore wind\"","block_context":{"text":"offshore wind","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=offshore-wind"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-Infographic.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-Infographic.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-Infographic.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-Infographic.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-Infographic.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":337373,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=337373","url_meta":{"origin":337036,"position":2},"title":"\u2018Bunch Of Suits Trying to Cover Their Tracks\u2019: Beach Town Locals Slam Offshore Wind Developer for Polluting Shores","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"24\/07\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Residents of Nantucket, Massachusetts, spoke out on Wednesday at a town hall against a wind power company for a \u201cturbine blade failure incident\u201d that resulted in debris washing up along the beach.","rel":"","context":"In \"lobster\"","block_context":{"text":"lobster","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=lobster"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0offshore-wind-landing-page-copy.webp?fit=1200%2C995&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0offshore-wind-landing-page-copy.webp?fit=1200%2C995&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0offshore-wind-landing-page-copy.webp?fit=1200%2C995&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0offshore-wind-landing-page-copy.webp?fit=1200%2C995&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0offshore-wind-landing-page-copy.webp?fit=1200%2C995&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":336985,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=336985","url_meta":{"origin":337036,"position":3},"title":"Vineyard Wind Turbine Failure: Incident Details, Regulatory Response, and Industry Implications","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"19\/07\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"On July 13, 2024, an offshore wind turbine at the Vineyard Wind 1 project experienced a significant blade failure, leading to debris washing up on Nantucket\u2019s beaches and prompting a federal shutdown of the wind farm. This incident raises obvious questions about the safety and reliability of offshore wind projects,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"offshore wind turbine\"","block_context":{"text":"offshore wind turbine","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=offshore-wind-turbine"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-1-Offshore-Windpark-Symbolfoto.jpg?fit=1200%2C720&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-1-Offshore-Windpark-Symbolfoto.jpg?fit=1200%2C720&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-1-Offshore-Windpark-Symbolfoto.jpg?fit=1200%2C720&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-1-Offshore-Windpark-Symbolfoto.jpg?fit=1200%2C720&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Vineyard-Wind-1-Offshore-Windpark-Symbolfoto.jpg?fit=1200%2C720&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":337380,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=337380","url_meta":{"origin":337036,"position":4},"title":"Offshore wind nightmare strikes Nantucket","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"24\/07\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In Episode 450 of District of Conservation, Gabriella unpacks the fall-out and attempted cover-up of the Vineyard Wind 1 turbine disaster unfolding in Nantucket, MA. She taps Bonnie Brady and Meghan Lapp, two commercial fishing industry activists and Big Wind opponents, to deconstruct what\u2019s happening and why ocean industrialization is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"62 turbines\"","block_context":{"text":"62 turbines","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=62-turbines"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Meghan-Lapp-CN-.png?fit=1200%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Meghan-Lapp-CN-.png?fit=1200%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Meghan-Lapp-CN-.png?fit=1200%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Meghan-Lapp-CN-.png?fit=1200%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Meghan-Lapp-CN-.png?fit=1200%2C667&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":341343,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=341343","url_meta":{"origin":337036,"position":5},"title":"New England Fishermen Stage Floating Protest at Vineyard Wind Site","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/09\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I am continuing to keep an eye on the Vineyard Farms offshore blade failure near Nantucket. A few weeks ago the facility was closed because of the failure of Vineyard Wind\u2019s newly installed wind turbines, and the city was poised to sue.","rel":"","context":"In \"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries\"","block_context":{"text":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-fisheries"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0Wind-turbines_sstock_1500.webp?fit=1200%2C718&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0Wind-turbines_sstock_1500.webp?fit=1200%2C718&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0Wind-turbines_sstock_1500.webp?fit=1200%2C718&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0Wind-turbines_sstock_1500.webp?fit=1200%2C718&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0Wind-turbines_sstock_1500.webp?fit=1200%2C718&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121246920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337042,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337036\/revisions\/337042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/337037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}