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8/19/2024 5:54:00 PM
 
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Section 17: Energy & Climate Subject: Bertino Opposes MD Wind Msg# 1209890
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People should be aware that those immense turbine blades have very poor durability. About 4 weeks ago a blade broke off a wind turbine about 14 miles offshore from Nantucket. Six beaches were closed as sharp shards of broken fiberglass littered the beaches. Click Here
The OC project calls for turbines to be located 10.7 miles offshore. Seems those 100 turbines planned here are a catastrophe in the making. Three weeks later comes the headline: Vineyard Wind Turbine Blade Continues To Crumble As Company Announces Removal Plan Click Here Quote: ""Early this morning, portions of the remaining hanging sections of the Vineyard Wind turbine blade detached from the hub. . . . It was nearly one month ago that the Haliade-X turbine blade failed at the Vineyard Wind lease area southwest of Nantucket, sending thousands of pieces of fiberglass and styrofoam onto the island's beaches and the surrounding waters. The project remains shut down by the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement . . . . Depending on wind direction, the town cautioned that more debris could potentially wash up on Nantucket beaches in the coming hours or days." Can we imagine the loss of tourism that could happen here with weeks of ongoing hazards in the local ocean? |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Here's another example of poor durability of blades on wind turbines. This is on Prince Edward Island, a small coastal island at the mouth of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Recurring failures on that project. Image below from Tom Hemmick - Image Title: Broken wind turbine blades Image below from Tom Hemmick - Image Title: Broken wind turbine blades Uploaded: 8/19/2024 |
