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Pieces of a 300-foot blade that broke off a wind turbine south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, a month ago may soon begin washing up on Long Island beaches, according to an alert today from the Town of East Hampton.
The turbine debris is from Vineyard Wind, a wind farm located in the ocean about 22 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. Parts of the shattered blade that broke off its turbine on July 13 soon turned up on the shores of Nantucket, temporarily closing beaches. Now, officials anticipate debris is honing in on Montauk.
“We have been made aware that debris may wash up on the shores of Montauk,” reads the alert posted on Instagram by the Town of East Hampton. “The debris has been described as ‘non-toxic fiberglass fragments.'”
The town said it has been informed that the fiberglass and foam material is not hazardous to people or the environment.
“However, Vineyard Wind is advising that only their recovery team handle this material,” the alert said.
A Vineyard Wind team has been deployed to Long Island to clean up the affected areas.
The town asked that people who encounter debris from the blade to “not handle it” and to contact the town’s Marine Patrol at 631.537.7575.
Vineyard Wind construction work was suspended immediately following the blade failure by order of the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Vineyard Wind, the nation’s largest offshore wind project, just months earlier had started its much-anticipated installation began delivering power to New England’s grid.
The suspension ended last Wednesday, and work was permitted to resume, the Cape Cod Times reported.
Nantucket resident Nathan Skerritt was fishing this morning along the south shore and documenting the fiberglass shards still washing up from Vineyard Wind’s damaged turbine blade, more than a week after its failure 15 miles southwest of the island pic.twitter.com/RoJ63OCI35
— Nantucket Current (@ACKCurrent) July 22, 2024
Top image: YouTube still.
