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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A carbon fiber tip offering lightning strike protection for wind turbine blades has been developed by researchers at the U.S. DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The blade tip, which is ...
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 ...
NANTUCKET, MASS. (WHDH) - A wind turbine that was already broken due to a manufacturing mistake was struck by lightning off Nantucket. Vineyard Wind confirmed lightning hit the remnants of the ...