US EditionWind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket beaches
NANTUCKET COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 11 – GE Vernova will fund a $10.5 million compensation pool for local businesses impacted by turbine debris caused by manufacturing defects, town officials said.
- Nantucket and GE Vernova reached a $10.5 million settlement to compensate local businesses for economic losses due to a wind turbine blade failure.
- The settlement includes creating a fund to evaluate claims and distribute payments to affected businesses.
- A GE Vernova investigation found a manufacturing issue caused the blade failure, leading to the washing ashore of fiberglass debris.
- GE Vernova attributed the blade failure to a manufacturing problem in Canada, asserting that no design flaw was present.
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Nantucket group slams island for reaching $10.5M ‘sweetheart deal’ in wind farm crisis
Nantucket has reached a $10.5 million settlement with a company responsible for the crisis that plagued the community last summer after one of its wind turbine blades tore apart, leaving the island a debris-ridden mess. Island officials have settled on the agreement with GE Vernova, the designer, manufacturer and installer of the turbines, with the Select Board calling it a good deal to compensate the town and local businesses for losses sustain…
Nantucket reaches multi-million dollar deal over turbine issue - Boston News, Weather, Sports
Nearly one year since a wind turbine fell into the ocean off-shore of Nantucket, scattering fiberglass and foam across its beaches, a settlement has been reached. On July 13 last year, an offshore wind turbine blade failed at the Vineyard Wind Farm, sending debris that washed ashore. “The greatest impact was just the shock that this could happen that it did happen and that we were surprised in part due to the lack of communication from Vineyard …
Wind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket
Fiberglass fragments of the blade began washing ashore last summer during the peak of tourist season after pieces of the wind turbine at the Vineyard Wind project began falling into the Atlantic Ocean in July 2024. The settlement calls for establishing a fund along with a process to evaluate claims from businesses and distribute payments, Nantucket officials said.
Town, GE Vernova agree to $10.5M settlement over wind turbine blade failure
In a first-of-its-kind agreement, Nantucket has secured a $10.5 million settlement from GE Vernova over last year’s wind turbine blade failure — an incident that littered the island’s beaches with fiberglass and foam debris.
GE Vernova settles with Nantucket for $10 million - The Martha's Vineyard Times
One year ago on Sunday, a 351-foot turbine blade at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site fractured, spilling debris into local waters and disrupting the project for months, casting new uncertainty and even local environmental concerns over the industry. Today, the town of Nantucket announced that GE Vernova, manufacturer of the Haliade-X blades used on the Vineyard Wind 1 project, settled with the town for $10.5 million. The money is to compensa…
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