An ocean wind turbine project placed in Nantucket, Massachusetts by the Biden administration is now non-functional after it broke apart in the water and was subsequently struck by lightning and sent shards onto beaches that forced them to close for safety reasons.

The Biden administration had bragged about the first-of-its-kind project, with then-Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo saying, “This project is an example of the investments we need to achieve the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious climate goals, and I’m proud to be part of the team leading the charge on offshore wind.”

But the project literally crashed and burned on February 27 during a lightning storm, and the area had to close six beached when non-biodegradable fiberglass shards from the detached blade washed up on shore.

The fiasco led Dave Portnoy, the President of Barstool Sports and a Nantucket resident, to say, “Everybody wants a healthy planet, but when the ones advocating for a green planet are the ones damaging it, it makes you pause."

"Ruined by negligence"

“Families save up for years to take a vacation to Nantucket only to have it ruined by negligence,” he added. The turbine was only 14 nautical miles away from Martha's Vineyard.

Local resident Mary Chalke said on March 23 that shards and debris from the turbine were still washing up on shore.

It turns out that the blade had a manufacturing defect that was missed during inspections and that 66 other turbines manufactured by Vineyard Wind potentially have the same problem.

According to the Vineyard Gazette, only one of the planned 62 turbines was operating as of January.

A hazard to the environment

The whole project is a “shining example of how these failed green energy projects pose a hazard to the environment,” one source close to the project said.

President Donald Trump wants more accountability for these exorbitantly expensive renewable energy projects and has paused new permits pending a review.

The federal government has been giving a lot of money to subsidize these green energy projects because the powers that were thought it was better for the environment than fossil fuels, but in many cases, they are throwing good money after bad.

Too new

Current technologies are still new enough to have plenty of kinks to work out, and once they do, they might deserve support from the government.

By then, they won't need it though because prices will fall when the technology actually works and it makes sense for people to use it rather than fossil fuels.

Whether this will happen soon or in 100 years is anyone's guess, but for now, the potential for problems is huge.