Nantucket Wind Turbine With Broken Blade Struck by Lightning

A wind turbine off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts was struck by lightning, according to the US Coast Guard. It was the same one that sent shards of debris onto beaches after a blade failure last year.

While the lightning strike late last week may have affected the already broken blade, there’s no sign of damage to the structure or fresh debris, Vineyard Wind, the turbine’s operator, said in a statement Monday. Shards of fiberglass, foam and other materials from the broken blade forced the temporary closing of Nantucket beaches last summer and stirred up local opposition to wind farms.