Jason Graziadei

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Editor In Chief at Nantucket Current

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ACK For Whales Files New Challenge Of Vineyard Wind Permit

4 weeks ago | savingseafood.org | Jason Graziadei |Nantucket Current

March 26, 2025 — The Nantucket-based group ACK For Whales has launched a new challenge to Vineyard Wind, filing a petition with the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke the offshore wind developer’s Clean Air Act permit for the project. The permit, which was issued by the EPA on June 21, 2021, outlines the air pollution control requirements for Vineyard Wind, ensuring that it complies with federal and state regulations.
MASSACHUSETTS: "Abundance Of Scallops" Prompts Town To Seek Extension Of Commercial Season

1 month ago | savingseafood.org | Jason Graziadei |Nantucket Current

March 6, 2025 — With a huge number of bay scallops in the harbor and only a small number of fishermen still on the water, the Harbor & Shellfish Advisory Board lobbied the Select Board on Wednesday to extend Nantucket’s commercial scalloping season by nine days. “There’s an abundance of adult scallops in the harbor,” Harbor & Shellfish Advisory Board chair Andy Lowell told the Select Board members at their meeting this week. “There are very few scallopers active at this point.
Damaged Vineyard Wind turbine now struck by lightning - The Nantucket Current

1 month ago | rinewstoday.com | Nantucket Current |Jason Graziadei

Damaged Vineyard Wind Turbine Struck By Lightning, Nantucket CurrentPhoto: The Nantucket Current, Vineyard Wind’s AW-38 turbine that suffered a blade failure in July 2024, seen here in September 2024 – Dan LeMaitreby Jason Graziadei • Mar 02, 2025The same Vineyard Wind turbine that suffered a blade failure last summer was struck by lightning late last week, the U.S. Coast Guard stated on Sunday. The alleged incident occurred last Thursday, Feb. 27th, or Friday, Feb.
SCOTUS won't hear challenge to Vineyard Wind

Jan 16, 2025 | rinewstoday.com | Jason Graziadei

by Jason Graziadei • Jan 13, 2025 – The Nantucket Current – Photo, Kit Noble, Nantucket CurrentRINewsToday: This is printed in cooperation with The Nantucket Current, which has been following the issue offshore wind turbines, particularly the failure of the turbine blade that caused shards and debris to wash up on Nantucket beaches, and is still doing so to this day.
Vineyard Wind's nighttime lights still visible - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Sep 25, 2024 | mvtimes.com | Jason Graziadei

Editor’s note: This story was published and reported by the Nantucket Current on Sept. 10. We are co-publishing with the Current’s permission, as we believe it can enlighten our readers on the sprawling and complex story of offshore wind — a massive new industry that is already having a significant impact on our coastline.
Tempers flare in Newport. Turbine debris found on Long Island. Vineyard Wind's Suspension Order.

Aug 20, 2024 | rinewstoday.com | Jason Graziadei

Photo from video by Newport, RI PoliceAs we follow the developments of the Vineyard Wind offshore turbine blade accident, we note the more and more frequent postings and photos of blade debris, not less, as time passes, being found on shores of Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, the Cape, Portsmouth RI, Tiverton, Little Compton, and now off Montauk Long Island.
Vineyard Wind installed largest offshore turbines in the world. Were they ready? - Nantucket Current

Jul 30, 2024 | rinewstoday.com | Jason Graziadei

by Jason Graziadei • Jul 28, 2024 – The Nantucket Current (Reprinted with permissions) – Top photo: The damaged Vineyard Wind turbine 15 miles southwest of Nantucket When Vineyard Wind completed the installation of the first GE Vernova Haliade-X 13-megawatt wind turbine in the waters southwest of Nantucket in October 2023, the company trumpeted it as “the largest turbine in the western world.” It was supposed to be one of the 62 turbines that would make up the first large-scale, commercial...
Free minibus plan in Nantucket could be a model for RIPTA in Providence

Jan 20, 2024 | rinewstoday.com | Jason Graziadei |Nancy Thomas

Reprinted with permissions from The Nantucket Current. Photo: Cary HazlegroveEditor’s Note: With ridership in Rhode Island the heaviest in Providence, yet most buses riding around considerably empty, a move to smaller transit, or mini-buses, may prove to be a more successful model for the state’s capital city, as well as other routes while ridership is low.
MA - The First Vineyard Wind Turbine Rises Off Nantucket

Oct 14, 2023 | coastalnewstoday.com | Jason Graziadei

The first of Vineyard Wind's 62 turbines has been assembled in the waters southwest of Nantucket. These photos were taken today from Madaket Beach with 400mm and 600mm camera lenses, and the images are cropped to show the view of the turbine in the distance. This turbine will be one of the closest to Nantucket in Vineyard Wind's lease area. While they will certainly be visible, Vineyard Wind's turbines won't appear this large to the naked eye.
First Vineyard Wind turbine heads out to sea - Nantucket Current

Sep 11, 2023 | rinewstoday.com | Jason Graziadei

Reprinted courtesy and permission of The Nantucket Current (https://nantucketcurrent.com)by Jason Graziadei • Sep 07, 2023A tugboat carrying Vineyard Wind’s first assembled turbine squeezed through the New Bedford hurricane barrier opening on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Vineyard WindIn a milestone for Vineyard Wind, the first assembled turbine components left the port of New Bedford on Wednesday, squeezing through the city’s hurricane barrier behind a tugboat, and heading out to sea.