The idea that a wind turbine blade could break apart and spread thousands of pieces of foam and fiberglass across the south shore never came to mind for members of town administration and the Select Board when they were negotiating the so-called Good Neighbor Agreement with Vineyard Wind four years ago.
But it appears Vineyard Wind may have thought about it, The Inquirer & Mirror reports.
The agreement requires the offshore energy company to minimize the visual impacts of the turbines and pay the town more than $10 million over the next decade to make up for the change to its scenic views.
In turn, the town can’t speak out against the project.
But it also says that each party in the agreement – the town, Vineyard Wind, Maria Mitchell Association and Nantucket Preservation Trust – “recognize that the development of offshore wind power projects are subject to many risks and uncertainties, that there is no assurance that the…
