A 100-foot wind turbine on Deer Island spun out of control for several hours Monday after high winds broke its breaking mechanism, officials said.
Around 10 a.m., the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority was notified by a passerby that one of two turbines near the Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant “had something hanging from one of the blades,” according to a statement from the agency.
The 600-kilowatt turbine had been out of service since April 2022 and was locked in place by a brake, officials said.
“Although it’s too soon to speculate on what happened, it appears that this morning’s strong winds broke the braking mechanism and the turbine began to free spin,” the statement said.
Crews stopped and secured the spinning turbine at around 3 p.m., officials said.
The second turbine has been shut off as a precaution, officials said. Public access in the area of the machines remains temporarily closed “out of an abundance of caution.”
“There are no operational issues associated with this and no damage has been done to the facility,” the agency said.
Kate Armanini can be reached at kate.armanini@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @KateArmanini.
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