Party 1: GE Vernova set to terminate its $1.3 billion contract, alleging that Vineyard Wind failed to pay over $300 million for work performed. GE is the manufacturer of the product.
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Party 2: Vineyard Wind claims 800 million for "catastrophic injury" from defective blades manufactured by GE Renewables in Canada. Vineyard Wind is an offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts.
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Party 3: The State of Massachusetts failed to test any of the 150 GE blades manufactured in Canada.
On May 12, 2026, a Massachusetts Superior Civil Court judge will make a decision (2684 CV 01041).
There is a third-party question: the State of Massachusetts failure to test any of the 150 blades made in Canada.
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The Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) in Massachusetts, operated by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, was built to accelerate wind energy development by providing specialized testing, validation, and certification services for large wind turbine blades. MassCEC failed to perform a torsion test on the blade.
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The Wind Testing Facility only tested one GE Vernova prototype blade, manufactured in Cherbourg, France, for structural integrity, with 50 feet of the blade cut off due to size constraints. The blade was 351 feet, and the test center was too small.
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Massachusetts had set unrealistic renewable energy goals, cutting 50 feet off the test blade to get approval to manufacture 150 blades at the LM Wind Company, owned by GE in Gaspé, Canada. They extrapolated the figures to approve the blade.
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In the race to build the offshore wind project, none of the 150 blades made in Canada were tested by the MassCEC testing facility. Sources assert that "it would not have made a difference" if the Canadian-made blades had been tested at the wind testing site. The Massachusetts Wind Technology Testing (WTTC) "copped out" of responsibility by allegedly certifying oversized blade designs through data extrapolation rather than full testing.
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During the initial Vineyard Wind construction project phase, 68 of the 72 GE Canadian-made blades were found defective, requiring removal. In January 2025, the US government ordered the removal of all blades made at the facility in Gaspé, Canada.
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To build and coordinate the offshore wind project, there were three parties. GE Renewables, Vineyard Wind, and the State of Massachusetts
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Massachusetts failed to provide specialized testing, validation, and certification of any of the 150 blades made in Canada. Guilty?
Massachusetts A Guilty Party In GE vs Vineyard Wind Case ?
by Frank Haggerty
19 hours ago
Party 3: The State of Massachusetts failed to test any of the 150 GE blades manufactured in Canada.
On May 12, 2026, a Massachusetts Superior Civil Court judge will make a decision (2684 CV 01041).