The Cape Wind Project proposes to build 130 wind turbines miles off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean (Source: Kmadison at Wikimedia Commons)
Offshore wind farm developers are closely
watching a proposed project in Nantucket
Sound. Lester Graham reports the Cape
Wind offshore wind energy project could be
the first in the nation to be approved:
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Offshore wind farm developers are closely
watching a proposed project in Nantucket
Sound. Lester Graham reports the Cape
Wind offshore wind energy project could be
the first in the nation to be approved:
For nine years, Cape Wind has been working its way through the permitting process.
But some residents in the Massachusetts resort areas around Nantucket Sound have fought against it including Senator Edward Kennedy.
The 130 wind turbines would be miles off the coast, but some residents say it would ruin the view from their coastal houses.
Jim Gordon is the CEO of Cape Wind.
“If this project is not approved, I think it’s going to set a terrible precedent. I think that other developers, I think they’ll have some real second thoughts about investing the enormous amount of time and resources that it takes to get one of these projects in the water.”
Developers are considering offshore wind energy turbines along the mid-Atlantic coast, the Great Lakes and the Gulf Coast, close to the populated areas that need additional power.
For The Environment Report, I’m Lester Graham.