Cape Wind Associates

Cape Wind Associates

Cape Wind Associates is a Limited Liability Company (LLC) set up as a joint business venture between Energy Management Inc. and Wind Management LLP for the purpose of promoting the Cape Wind Project, an offshore wind energy plant in Nantucket Sound.

Proposed Project:

Cape Wind proposes to build America's first wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in order to provide 3/4 of the electricity used on Cape Cod and the Islands.

Controversy

Year round residents as well as summer residents expressed concerns over the siting of this project. Concerns included ruining the views from people's private property as well as views from public property such as beaches (even though it would be about twenty or so miles offshore, people complained it would ruin their views of the horizon) and therefore decrease property values; ruining popular areas for yachting; and other environmental problems.

Eventually the case made its way to court. On May 11, 2005 the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board (MEFSB) approved Wind Power's application to build the wind farm. Opponents appealed the decision and on December 18, 2006 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the decision. [ [http://www.capewind.org/news746.htm FAVORABLE CAPE WIND DECISION UPHELD BY SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT] ]

Walter Cronkite was the subject of controversy as well when he originally came out against the wind farm but then changed his opinion. [ [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/08/29/cronkite_urges_full_review_of_wind_farm_proposal/ Cronkite urges full review of wind farm proposal] ] Other opponents have included Sen. Ted Kennedy, [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/26/sunday/main560595.shtml Storm Over Mass. Windmill Plan] ] Sen. John Kerry and former Gov. Mitt Romney.

References

External links

* [http://www.capewind.org/ Cape Wind Project Page]
* [http://www.capewind.org/article47.htm List of Supporters]
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/26/sunday/main560595.shtml Storm Over Mass. Windmill Plan]


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