The breakage of the blade was caused by a manufacturing deviation, the company’s CEO Scott Strazik revealed during an earnings call on 24 July.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) ordered Vineyard Wind to remove all blades manufactured at GE Vernova’s facility in Gaspé, Canada.
“As part of a continuous effort to manage the damaged GE Vernova blade on turbine AW-38, a rigorous action plan has been put into place which includes debris recovery resources, recurrent flyovers to observe the turbine, and ultimately GE Vernova’s planned removal and replacement of the blade in May 2025,” according to a Vineyard Wind statement.
In January 2025, the federal government lifted the suspension on the project’s installation of the remaining wind turbines.
Wind turbine installation at the wind farm site, located some 15 miles (approximately 24 kilometres) off the coast of Massachusetts, began in September 2023 , and project began generating power in February.
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