Vineyard Wind warns of more debris from Massachusetts offshore wind turbine (updated)

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18/07/2024 17:35

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       July 18 (Reuters) - Vineyard Wind on Thursday warned
that more debris from a broken offshore wind turbine could wash
ashore along the Massachusetts coast after a large remaining
portion of the damaged blade fell into the ocean.
    Vessel crews are working to remove the debris, but weather
conditions are difficult, the company said.
    Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid  AGR.N  and
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, said late on Wednesday that
the remaining blade was compromised and could detach from the
turbine, which was made by GE Vernova  GEV.N .
    The company has not said why the blade broke apart, which
happened on Saturday and caused debris to wash up on beaches on
Nantucket Island during the busy summer tourist season.
    Vineyard Wind said it has deployed workers to Nantucket in
anticipation of more debris washing ashore and is monitoring
other coastal communities.
    The first major U.S. offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind is
located 15 miles south of Nantucket and is still under
construction, with only about a third of planned turbines in the
water.
    U.S. officials ordered the wind farm to stop power
production and construction until further notice following the
blade damage.

 (Reporting by Nichola Groom, Editing by Franklin Paul and
Aurora Ellis)
 ((nichola.groom@thomsonreuters.com;))