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GE Vernova, the company that built the blade that failed on a Vineyard Wind turbine south of the islands, says it will re-examine every blade it has built for offshore wind.
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The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hosted the information session in response to complaints that the agency has not done enough on the Outer Cape to communicate its plans.
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A large piece of fiberglass debris from the damaged Vineyard Wind turbine blade has sunk to the ocean floor, as the debris cleanup continues.
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Nantucket is facing a prolonged clean-up, potentially, after debris from a broken offshore wind turbine blade has begun washing up on the island's south-facing beaches.
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Debris has been moving toward Nantucket from the location of the turbines, 15 miles southwest of the island and south of Martha’s Vineyard. The company said it is deploying two teams of four people to Nantucket to remove debris from this island’s south-facing beaches.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved a construction and operations plan for New England Wind 1 and 2, formerly called Park City Wind and Commonwealth Wind.
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An association that represents 22 towns on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket is asking for more time to comment on plans for offshore wind lease areas off the Outer Cape.
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The federal government has issued a draft report that evaluates the environmental effects of pre-construction activities for offshore wind off the Outer Cape.
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Future offshore wind projects off the Outer Cape, in the Gulf of Maine, are likely to use floating turbines. Javier Molinero, a civil engineer whose current work focuses on floating offshore wind, discusses the choice to use floating turbines and how they may be anchored to the seafloor.
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The state is looking for prospective tenants for a new center for ocean energy in New Bedford.