July 30, 2024 — More pieces of blade fell off an offshore Vineyard Wind turbine near Nantucket, Massachusetts, Monday. The rotary engine first experienced damage on July 13.
No Vineyard Wind workers were injured when the turbine was first damaged, and no one was reportedly hurt as debris continued to fall. The U.S. Coast Guard is maintaining a 500-meter exclusion zone around the engine for safety, Nantucket officials said.
No new sections of the damaged turbine blade had fallen off since July 18, when a section came off before sinking underwater.