Wind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket beaches

Nantucket group slams island for reaching $10.5M ‘sweetheart deal’ in wind farm crisis

Nantucket has reached a $10.5 million settlement with a company responsible for the crisis that plagued the community last summer after one of its wind turbine blades tore apart, leaving the island a debris-ridden mess. Island officials have settled on the agreement with GE Vernova, the designer, manufacturer and installer of the turbines, with the Select Board calling it a good deal to compensate the town and local businesses for losses sustain…

GE Vernova to pay Nantucket $10.5M over offshore wind blade failure

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — Nearly a year after a turbine blade failure scattered debris along the shores of Nantucket, GE Vernova has agreed to pay the town $10.5 million in compensation. In July 2024, a blade from Vineyard Wind 1's offshore wind farm broke apart, causing truckloads of debris to wash ashore on Nantucket and other beaches across Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. BACKGROUND: Vineyard Wind temporarily shut down aft…

Nantucket reaches multi-million dollar deal over turbine issue - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Nearly one year since a wind turbine fell into the ocean off-shore of Nantucket, scattering fiberglass and foam across its beaches, a settlement has been reached. On July 13 last year, an offshore wind turbine blade failed at the Vineyard Wind Farm, sending debris that washed ashore. “The greatest impact was just the shock that this could happen that it did happen and that we were surprised in part due to the lack of communication from Vineyard …

GE Vernova to Pay Nantucket $10.5M for Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Failure

Nantucket’s city government has reached a $10.5 million definitive settlement agreement with GE Vernova, the manufacturer of the offshore wind turbine...

Wind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket

Fiberglass fragments of the blade began washing ashore last summer during the peak of tourist season after pieces of the wind turbine at the Vineyard Wind project began falling into the Atlantic Ocean in July 2024. The settlement calls for establishing a fund along with a process to evaluate claims from businesses and distribute payments, Nantucket officials said.

Town, GE Vernova agree to $10.5M settlement over wind turbine blade failure

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 fiberglass and foam debris.