Broken wind turbine blade ‘crisis’ fuels NJ beach disaster fears
LONG BEACH — A New Jersey anti-wind group is demanding the state stop giving the green light to new offshore wind projects as pieces of fiberglass continue to wash up on the beaches of Nantucket.
The renewed calls for a moratorium on awards from the state Board of Public Utilities came from nonprofit Save Long Beach Island on Monday, several days after a wind turbine blade broke off the coast of Massachusetts.
Broken wind turbine blade "crisis"All beaches along the south shore of Nantucket Island were closed for four days after a fiberglass wind turbine broke on July 13. Another large chunk of the blade fell off on July 18.
Swimming in the area was dangerous because "significant sharp debris" from the blade had been seen floating in the water, according to a public advisory from the township.
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