On 13 July 2024, a blade damage incident took place on one of the turbines installed on Vineyard Wind 1, located 15 miles (approximately 24 kilometres) off the coast of Massachusetts. Following an investigation, GE Vernova found that the damage was a result of a manufacturing deviation, and later decided to remove the blades that were produced in the same factory. 

A few days after the incident, the company said that a “significant part” of the remaining blade came loose from the turbine and mobilised debris recovery teams.

On 16 July last year, GE Vernova said it had recovered three large fragments as it continued to monitor the offshore area for any floating blade debris, which consists of non-toxic fibreglass fragments ranging in size from small pieces to large sections.

Read more in offshoreWIND.biz here.

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