Comparing the above BSEE statement with recent GE Venova (GE) statements:
- BSEE: Vineyard Wind is still prohibited from installing blades, producing power or conducting any activity on the damaged A-38 turbine.
- GE: We are “really now getting to a point of shifting back to execution out at sea.” (Not at all what BSEE said.)
- BSEE: BSEE may permit other specific activities after a risk analysis has been performed and mitigations adopted.
- GE: We were “granted approval to return to installing new blades on turbines at the project once stringent safety and operational conditions are met.” (Positive spin of the BSEE statement implying that approval is assured.)
- BSEE: Root cause analysis of the blade failure has not yet been provided to BSEE.
- GE: “We have finalized root cause analysis and confirm the blade at issue at Vineyard Wind was caused by a manufacturing deviation from our factory in Canada.” (Then why doesn’t BSEE have the analysis? Is the Canadian plant being scapegoated?)
- BSEE: No timetable for completion of BSEE investigation (This could present a dilemma for BSEE. How do you allow the resumption of blade installation and power generation before the investigation has been completed? Will the report be held until the Harris or Trump administration gives the go-ahead?)
Finally, as expected, we can now conclude that the blades being shipped from New Bedford to France were defective.
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