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Block Island Wind Farm Offline All Summer

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A maintenance worker on the tip of one of the 240-foot wind turbine blades at the Block Island Wind Farm. An Orsted spokesperson said that the blade maintenance is routine and not part of the structural issues that have forced the wind farm to shut down operations this summer.

A maintenance worker on the tip of one of the 240-foot wind turbine blades at the Block Island Wind Farm. An Orsted spokesperson said that the blade maintenance is routine and not part of the structural issues that have forced the wind farm to shut down operations this summer.

A maintenance worker on the tip of one of the 240-foot wind turbine blades at the Block Island Wind Farm. An Orsted spokesperson said that the blade maintenance is routine and not part of the structural issues that have forced the wind farm to shut down operations this summer.

A maintenance worker on the tip of one of the 240-foot wind turbine blades at the Block Island Wind Farm. An Orsted spokesperson said that the blade maintenance is routine and not part of the structural issues that have forced the wind farm to shut down operations this summer. Capt. Dan Giunta

authorMichael Wright on Aug 10, 2021
The Block Island Wind Farm, the nation’s only utility scale offshore wind farm, has been largely inoperable for at least several weeks, possibly months, after inspectors discovered “stress lines” in... more

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