Vineyard Wind, the nation's first large-scale offshore wind farm, was shut down by the federal government on Tuesday after a turbine blade failure sent thousands of pieces of debris into the ocean and onto the beaches along Nantucket's south shore. . When Nantucket residents began posting photos of the fiberglass and foam littering their beaches on the morning of July 16, everyone in the offshore wind world — proponents and opponents, alike — knew the industry was about to face a very public test in confidence. The blade was part of the massive Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project, which the. . Nantucket Current has confirmed this photo of the broken turbine approximately 15 miles off the southwest coast of the island.
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