Vineyard Wind

Three communities in Massachusetts have a lot to lose if the Trump administration succeeds in halting all offshore wind.

Wind developers Avangrid and Ocean Winds are scheduled to sign contracts with utilities Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil next Wednesday. Their wind farms, New England Wind 1 and SouthCoast Wind, have been approved by the Biden administration.

New jobs data from Vineyard Wind show the project has employed more than double the 500 union workers it promised. But how many workers come from southeastern Massachusetts is impossible to say — because of the way Vineyard Wind is collecting the data.

Michael Moore has spent decades studying critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. But the veterinarian, author, and scientist emeritus from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution had never seen an offshore wind farm up close — until last week.

The National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a new biological opinion on ways the continued turbine installation could affect threatened and endangered species.

They say the fiberglass debris strewn in the water has only made them more concerned about living with turbines.

Workers have started cutting away part of the remaining portion of the turbine blade that broke one month ago today at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm.

Nantucket's Select Board continues to seek assurances from various agencies involved with the cleanup of debris from a broken wind farm turbine blade that the impact on the island will be limited.

“Anytime that you see polyester, vinylaster coat, and PVC foams, these are all carcinogenic materials," said Valeria La Saponara. "So it's not going to kill you all in the next week. But there are possible long term consequences.”

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.