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The same Vineyard Wind turbine blade that snapped in half last summer now appears to have been struck by lightning, according to the company and the U.S. Coast Guard.
[Read more…] about Broken Vineyard Wind Turbine struck by lightningVineyard Wind, an affiliate of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, confirmed in a brief statement that it is shelving the proposed Vineyard Wind 2 project in response to Connecticut’s decision not to award wind projects after the recent New England tri-state solicitation.
[Read more…] about Another development U.S. OWF shelvedConnecticut’s choice of solar and storage over offshore wind has prompted Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to pull a deal for its 1.2GW Vineyard Wind 2 awarded by neighbouring US state Massachusetts.
[Read more…] about CT bails on offshore wind, chooses solar projects insteadThe Acteon Group from the UK completed two significant subsea balance of plant (BoP) inspection and survey campaigns for offshore wind developments in 2024.
[Read more…] about Acteon completes two offshore wind subsea inspection and survey campaignsOn or about October 28, 2024, the vessel ORION will begin installing the remaining Monopile Foundations (MPs) within the Vineyard Wind 1 Wind Development Area (WDA).
[Read more…] about Monopile and transition piece installation Vineyard Wind 1Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova recently said that U.S. safety officials have allowed them to resume limited construction on an offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast where a turbine blade shattered last month.
[Read more…] about Vineyard Wind allowed to resume limited offshore turbine installationWindar Renovables has celebrated the shipment of the last five transition pieces of the offshore wind farm Vineyard Wind I that develops Iberdrola Renewables in US waters.
[Read more…] about Last five transition pieces Vineyard Wind 1GE Vernova says that the breakage of the blade on one of GE Vernova’s Haliade-X wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US was caused by a manufacturing deviation.
[Read more…] about Manufacturing problem was behind turbine blade breaking Vineyard WindTop officials at GE Vernova said they believe a ‘manufacturing deviation’ at a facility in Canada is the likely cause of a turbine blade breakdown at Vineyard Wind 1 that resulted in foam and fiberglass washing up on Nantucket.
[Read more…] about GE suspects ‘manufacturing deviation’ with turbine bladeThe US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has ordered Vineyard Wind to stop power production and construction until an investigation determines whether a blade failure affects other turbines, it said on Wednesday.
[Read more…] about US orders stop to Vineyard Wind construction due to turbine break
