Overview
- Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Peter Krupp granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction Friday, blocking GE Renewables from terminating its Vineyard Wind contracts.
- An independent engineer found GE liable for about $545 million, a determination GE has not formally challenged and that Vineyard Wind cites to justify withholding payments.
- GE Vernova says Vineyard Wind owes about $300 million and says it has finished installing all 62 turbines and remains engaged in supporting safe operations.
- Judge Krupp wrote that losing the principal contractor at this stage would set the project back immeasurably and called the idea of replacing GE’s proprietary design knowledge fanciful.
- The dispute traces to a July 2024 failure in which a turbine blade detached and fell into the ocean, scattering fiberglass on Nantucket beaches during peak tourist season.