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The same Vineyard Wind turbine whose blade malfunctioned last summer, sending debris into nearby waters, was struck by lightning late last week. However, the offshore wind developer didn’t ...
Bad luck strikes again. The same wind turbine blade that scattered debris across local beaches last summer was apparently struck by lightning last week. Vineyard Wind’s visual inspection showed ...
The blade of a wind turbine that sits off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, was struck by lightning, Vineyard Wind confirmed Sunday.The involved blade, GE Vernova, on turbine AW-38, was the ...
First, an offshore wind turbine lost a blade. Then it was struck by lightning. Officials with Vineyard Wind, a 62-turbine project near Massachusetts, said they had discovered damage consistent ...
Lightning strike damages already broken wind turbine off coast of Nantucket 00:27. A wind turbine off the coast of Nantucket in Massachusetts that broke apart last year has been damaged again by a ...
A wind turbine off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts was struck by lightning, according to the US Coast Guard. It was the same one that sent shards of debris onto beaches after a blade failure ...
On Feb. 27, lightning reportedly struck the same Vineyard Wind turbine that had a blade failure in July 2024. Here's what we know.
Vineyard Wind, the company that operates the turbine, said preliminary reports show Turbine AW-38 was struck by lightning on Thursday. The turbine is 21 miles from Nantucket.
Lightning hit the broken turbine on either Thursday or Friday, according to conflicting reports of the timing. As of Sunday afternoon, Vineyard Wind said no blade debris has been spotted and the ...
A lightning strike on the same Vineyard Wind turbine that suffered a catastrophic blade failure last summer has once again thrown the spotlight on the offshore wind farm.. According to the U.S ...