Vineyard Gazette, July 12, 2024
Progress on offshore wind: Vineyard Wind weirdly still reports only 10 turbines operating (out of 62), but Revolution Wind has "steel in the water" (65 turbines planned, ~2025), New England Wind approved by BOEM (129 turbines, ~2029), Sunrise Wind approved (84 turbines, ~2026)
Vineyard Wind turbines are easy to see from South Beach! I think at least 20 are visible, even though last week the local paper said only 10 are operating.
I'm thrilled to see them, and also a bit surprised how obvious they appear. This is a Pixel 3 phone photo at 7x zoom
From Friday's Vineyard Gazette: one of Vineyard Wind's turbine blades snapped, dropping fiberglass debris into the water. Debris washed up on the south shore of Nantucket, closing beaches during cleanup. Cause unclear, the plant is shut down and construction halted pending investigation. An NREL expert says "this is an anomaly".
Thatcher Ulrich