Credit: Town of Nantucket

The Town of Nantucket and federal officials are set to hold a public information session to address questions about a wind turbine blade failure that happened last summer.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the Nantucket Select Board will host a Zoom webinar on Feb. 3, 2025, at 5 p.m. to discuss the July 13, 2024, Vineyard Wind turbine blade incident.

The meeting, initially planned for mid-January, was pushed back because of the high number of questions sent to BSEE. Officials needed extra time to go through and prepare thorough answers.

“Due to the volume of questions received by BSEE, more time was needed to process and prepare responses adequately ,” the town explained in its announcement.

Anyone interested in joining needs to sign up for the meeting using a new Zoom link, even if they had already registered for the January date. The town stressed this point, saying, “If you signed up before, please make sure to register again now.”

For those who can’t make it to the live event, the town will offer a streaming option to watch the meeting in real time.

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