Nantucket residents impacted by the fractured Vineyard Wind 1 turbine blade almost two years ago may soon see compensation for damages. The same isn’t true for Vineyard residents, though the damage wasn’t nearly as bad on this island.
The town of Nantucket announced Monday that a third-party administrator opened up the process for individuals and businesses owners to submit damage claims that arose from the Vineyard Wind 1 turbine blade failure in July 2024.
Verus, LLC is the administrator of the claims fund, which was created for those within Nantucket, Tuckernuck, and Muskeget through a settlement agreement between Nantucket and blade manufacturer GE Vernova. Claims can be accepted for the next six months, through June 26, 2026. Required documentation includes out-of-pocket expenditures paid to remove debris or to repair property damage due to the blade failure, increased costs reasonably incurred to mitigate potential losses resulting from the incident, and/or reduced gross profits caused by the incident.
“The launch of this process represents a meaningful step forward in addressing the impacts of this event and underscores our continued commitment to accountability and resolution for those affected,” Dawn Hill, Nantucket select board chair, said in a statement.
In early July, Nantucket announced the settlement of $10.5 million from the manufacturer of the Haliade-X blades used on the Vineyard Wind 1 project, after the other island saw a majority of debris wash up on Nantucket beaches and force closures in the height of the tourism season.
Martha’s Vineyard didn’t see as much debris on the Island’s shores a year-and-a-half ago, but after Nantucket forced the hand of the developer to secure a renewed agreement with greater accountability from Vineyard Wind and a settlement from the blade manufacturer, Vineyard officials said they may want to possibly do the same, at least in terms of an agreement between the six Island towns and the developer.
Officials from the Island, who were contacted by the developer in December after Nantucket signed a revised contract, plan to sit down with them in the first couple months of this year. Vineyard Wind is currently in court to fight an order from the federal government to stop construction; it was overturned Tuesday by a federal judge in Boston. James Hagerty, Edgartown town administrator, said officials from Vineyard Wind won’t sit down with Island officials until February at the earliest because of the suit.
If we united into one large town on our one island we could have a powerful negotiating position too.
Eliminate ugly wind?
Wind and solar power are not viable. Too expensive, inefficient, unreliable, harmful to fishing, whales and the environment. The German Chancellor Fredrich Merz blamed previous governments (including Angela Merkel’s accelerated phase-out post-Fukushima) for creating what he described as the most expensive energy transition in the world.
And it has destroyed Germany’s once-great economy.
Auf Wiedersehen?
I don’t think so.
“Wind power is a major source of electricity in Germany and the Energiewende (German for ‘energy turnaround’) that has phased out nuclear power in 2023. Domestic generation is about 60% renewable, half of that coming from wind.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Germany
Jan 26, 2026 · The German economy is forecast to grow 1.1% this year, ending six years of stagnation, as changes in government fiscal policy increase domestic demand.
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