You may remember when Your Survival Guy had a front row seat to the offshore wind follies. From the helm of the Tom Sawyer, Your Survival Guy got a close-up view of the broken blade of a turbine off Martha’s Vineyard. Now, GE Vernova, which made the blades, is settling with the nearby Town of Nantucket, MA, for $10.5 million. Adrijana Buljan reports at OffshoreWind.biz:
The Town of Nantucket said on 11 July 2025, as it reached a definitive settlement agreement with GE Vernova, that the incident scattered foam, fibreglass, and other debris along Nantucket’s shores during the height of the summer tourist season.
“When the blade failed, debris settled on the ocean floor, entered the water table, and littered Nantucket’s beaches for months, requiring an extensive cleanup effort in which many community members joined”, the Town of Nantucket said in a press release on 11 July.
Under the settlement agreement, Nantucket will establish a Community Claims Fund to provide compensation for economic harm that resulted from the blade incident last year.
“Nantucket will engage a professional, independent third-party administrator to evaluate claims from local businesses and issue payments”, the town administration said.
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