Wind Turbines in Mass

[JeffDowntown]

I'm having a hard time responding without turning this into a raging political rant.

It just doesn't make sense to me. Even if you want more oil production, isn't making the US "energy independent" inclusive of many forms of energy production?

Three-year old logic. Mean Brits put wind turbines off of my Scottish Golf Course. They are ugly. Wind turbines -- all bad.

 

[citydweller]

I'm having a hard time responding without turning this into a raging political rant.

Why not? That's rather typical in this forum.

 

[citydweller]

You all need to realize that clean energy initiatives is just a covert way by the radical left to enable DEI and turn children into trans. Just "drill baby, drill"

 

[themissinglink]

Wind turbine blade struck by lightning off coast of Nantucket, Vineyard Wind says - The Boston Globe

Vineyard Wind, the company that operates the turbine, said preliminary reports show Turbine AW-38 was struck by lighting on Thursday.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[themissinglink]

Federal agency steps into lightning strike review of Vineyard Wind turbine

Federal agency to probe a lightning strike on the Vineyard Wind 1 turbine damaged in 2024. Vineyard Wind is also testing its safety lighting system.

www.capecodtimes.com

All of Vineyard Wind's installed turbines are equipped with lightning protection systems, but the system on AW-38 was not operational because of the blade failure that happened on July 13, 2024, according to the agency.

 

[thepixelnation]

I feel like all of this news is about a lemon of a turbine, and that's ok with me.

 

[themissinglink]

Nantucket challenges federal approval of SouthCoast offshore wind project

Nantucket alleges the federal government violated law by failing to consider how the project could impact the Island's historic district and the environment.

www.wbur.org

 

[themissinglink]

Supreme Court Declines Second Vineyard Wind Petition

Last Monday, the court announced it would not take up the appeal filed by the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, keeping a previous ruling on the 62-turbine Vineyard Wind project intact.

vineyardgazette.com

This is the second time this year that the Supreme Court decided to not take up a case around Vineyard Wind, and one of several legal challenges lobbed at the project, the first utility-scale offshore wind project approved in the U.S. The wind farm, which is about 14 miles south of the Island, has an operations headquarters on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven.