A manufacturing problem appears to be the reason for the catastrophic break of a turbine blade in the Vineyard Wind offshore project that caused the giant blade to fold over and pieces to break off into the ocean, according to an executive with the blade's manufacturing company, GE Vernova.

During a quarterly earnings webcast Wednesday morning, GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik brought up the July 13 incident south of the Islands. While the company has yet to finalize its root cause analysis, he reported that the investigation so far "indicates that the affected blade experienced a manufacturing deviation."

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