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Oct 23 (Reuters) - GE Vernova will remove some turbine blades installed at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts following quality checks prompted by the failure of a blade in July, the company said on Wednesday.

The company has been barred from producing power or resuming full construction at Vineyard Wind, the first major U.S. offshore wind development, since a turbine blade broke and sent debris into the water that washed up on nearby beaches.

The turbine maker

blamed a manufacturing flaw

for the break, and has spent months inspecting blades with ultrasound images and drones.

"Out of an abundance of caution, GE Vernova intends to remove some blades from the Vineyard Wind farm while strengthening other blades as needed to support the safety and operational readiness of this project," GE Vernova and Vineyard Wind said in a joint statement.

The companies also said they were granted approval this week to resume installation of new blades at the project once certain safety and operational conditions are met. They did not give a timeline for when they expect those conditions to be met.

Vineyard Wind is a joint venture between Avangrid

and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. Avangrid is a unit of Spain's Iberdrola .

(Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Richard Chang)

((nichola.groom@thomsonreuters.com))