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Beaches at risk as potential turbine debris reaches Little Compton shores
Credit: by JOHN PERIK, NBC 10 NEWS Wed, July 31st 2024 at turnto10.com ~~
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A local surfer is claiming to have found debris from the Vineyard Wind Project fallen wind turbine on South Shore Beach in Little Compton.
Two weeks ago, parts of a turbine blade crashed into the waters at the Vineyard Wind site off the coast of Nantucket.
A local surfer is claiming to have found debris from the Vineyard Wind Project fallen wind turbine on South Shore Beach in Little Compton.
Since the incident, turbine debris has washed up on the shores of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard closing beaches.
Mike Kinnane claims that he found a similar piece of debris in Little Compton.
“What I found this morning, to me feels like a message to us here in Rhode Island to wake up and start standing together,” said Mike Kinnane. “This piece of foam that I found it traveled against the prevailing winds in the summertime and reached our shores.”
Lisa Quattrocki Knight and Bill Thompson are both the co-founders of Green Oceans, an organization that opposes off-shore wind turbines.
Green Oceans told NBC 10 they strongly believe the debris that washed up in Little Compton is from the Vineyard Wind Project.
“There’s no reason to believe that this is not from the failed turbine,” said Bill Thompson. “It just illustrates what a disaster this was ecologically.”
NBC 10 reached out to the Department of Environmental Management to confirm that the piece found in Little Compton was from the Vineyard Wind Project, but RIDEM has yet to confirm.
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