Wind Energy – Damage Vineyard Wind
Vineyard Wind is reporting that one of its turbines was damaged over the weekend, and contractors with the company are investigating what happened.
The incident occurred on Saturday evening in the ‘offshore development area’ in the Atlantic. The statement did not state how the turbine was damaged.
No personnel or third parties were in the vicinity of the turbine at the time, and all employees of Vineyard Wind and its contractors are safe and secure.
GE is the manufacturer of Vineyard Wind’s turbines and blades as well as the contractor in charge of installing the turbines. According to the Vineyard Wind statement, GE will be analyzing the root cause of the incident.
