Though pieces of the broken Vineyard Wind turbine continued to fall into the ocean south of the Island this week, federal regulators have approved the wind farm to lay cables.

Edgartown sent out a swimming advisory to beachgoers Wednesday after pieces of foam from Vineyard Wind’s broken wind turbine washed up on Norton Point and South Beach. 

U.S. Rep. Bill Keating urged federal offshore wind regulators to establish a new protocol to ensure town and tribal officials are notified when something goes wrong. 

While the head of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), fishermen and many Nantucketers are calling for a complete halt to offshore wind energy construction, others maintain that the nascent industry is essential in the fight against climate change. 

GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik told investors Wednesday that there was a "manufacturing deviation" in the Vineyard Wind blade that broke off and fell into the ocean.

The Trustees of Reservations reported Friday that potential debris had come ashore on Wasque and the nonprofit was working with the offshore wind energy company to retrieve any pieces of the broken fiberglass. 

Federal regulators have shut down Vineyard Wind while they investigate what caused a 107-meter turbine blade to break and spill fiberglass into the ocean.

The Vineyard Wind project has been shut down indefinitely while federal regulators investigate how a 107-meter blade folded over, spilling white and green fiberglass debris into the ocean.

Offshore wind energy projects continue to progress in the waters south of the Vineyard, with two new wind farms approved and construction starting on a third.  

Vineyard Wind is putting the final touches on its two-story, 14,000-square foot operations and maintenance headquarters on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven.