When clean energy isn’t

Debris from a broken Vineyard Wind turbine blade washed up all over Nantucket’s south shore Tuesday morning (July 16), prompting the offshore energy company to mount a cleanup effort and the federal government to shut down the wind farm “until further notice.”

Residents began reporting pieces of green and white foam, along with larger pieces of what appears to fiberglass, along southern Nantucket beaches at daybreak, stretching from Madaket out to Nobadeer.

The federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced Tuesday afternoon that Vineyard Wind’s “operations are shut down until further notice.” – Full report