Cape Wind :: America's First Offshore Wind Farm on Nantucket Sound

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...This is a project to be proud of at so many levels. It will attract tourists. It will set a positive precedent, nationally and globally, on environmental policy and action.

-- Joy Lapseritis, Falmouth resident & marine biologist

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Category: Main -> Cape Wind Timetable

Question
· What happens at the end of 25 years? · When do you plan on beginning construction? · How long will the turbines last?

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· What happens at the end of 25 years? The project will be decommissioned. The U.S. Department of Interior's Lease to Cape Wind stipulates requirements that Cape Wind ongoingly provide funds to a decommissioning financial instrument that will pay for the costs of removing the project at the end of its economic useful life. Back to top
· When do you plan on beginning construction? 2013. Back to top
· How long will the turbines last? Cape Wind has received a commercial lease to operate for 25 years from the U.S. Department of Interior which is consistent with the rated life of offshore wind turbines. Back to top